Epson ESC/P ==> Postscript

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Alain Stucki

Hi

I am using Epson printers because the DOS-software I am using sends
Epson ESC/P commands to the printer to change Font size, etc. But I
need to print out a lot of stuff that I would prefer to have as a PDF
file. So the DOS software is running in a DOS box on Windows and I can
capture the data sent to Lpt1 into a file. Now I have the data stream
as a text file.

Does anybody know of a software tool that can read such a text file and
convert it to Postscript? It should understand the ESC/P command so it
should also change font size etc. in the postscript file. Then I could
use Adobe Distiller to convert the PS-file into PDF.

I found some DOS tools that can convert the raw ascii-text into
postscript commands, but they do not support the real ESC/P commands so
the result looks very different then on a Epson printer with ESC/P.

Thanks in advance.
 
Dear Mr. Stucki,
Does anybody know of a software tool that can read such a text file and
convert it to Postscript? It should understand the ESC/P command so it
should also change font size etc. in the postscript file. Then I could
use Adobe Distiller to convert the PS-file into PDF.
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you may want to have a look at Printfil.
All the supported escape codes are listed on the html manual.
By using Printfil you can send your DOS files directly to the Distiller
printer (or any other Windows printer), without having to convert them in
PostScript (or you can obtain the PS file by printing to a PS printer on
"FILE:").

More info and a free trial is available for download at our web site.

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
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Dear Alain,

If you're still on the hunt for a reliable and affordable ESC/P to PS converter, you might want to take a look at www.printtransform.com. Print Transform is a DOS utility that converts native Epson ESC/P print datastreams to Postscript, TXT, and many other printer formats. If I understand well, and because Print Transform also converts ESC/P to PDF, you might even be able to skip the ESC/P to PS step you're describing. You can test the converter for free at printtransform.com


Bernard Martin
 
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