Re: Re(3): Joining pcl and jpg in Gimp.

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:27:44 -0800, peasthope wrote:

>> ... use a tool to convert the pcl file into something more manageable,
>> like PostScript or PDF.  ... GhostPDL (binary is "pspcl6") ...
> 
> peter@dalton:~/ghostpdl-9.05$ make pcl 
> cd ./gs/tiff && ./configure --disable-jbig 
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
>   ...
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/peter/ghostpdl-9.05/main' 
(...)
> gcc: @HAVE_MKSTEMP@: No such file or directory 
> gcc: @HAVE_SSE2@: No such file or directory 
> gcc: @HAVE_BSWAP32@: No such file or directory 
> gcc: @HAVE_BYTESWAP_H@: No such file or directory 
> gcc: @HAVE_SYS_TIME_H@: No such file or directory 
(...)
 
> Thoroughly opaque to me.

Yup, the compiler is complainning but can't decipher why :-?

How about these pre-built tools?

http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gpcldnld.html
 
> At that point I chose to position the drawing on the printer output by
> binary search (euphemism for trial and error). Then print the drawing. 
> Then scan it with Gimp.  Inelegant but done.

If the output you get if of enough quality, then a +1 for the handmade 
workaround :-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón