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A Windows LaserJet PCL File Viewer. Visual PCL/2 will allow you to quickly and easily view your LaserJet PCL print files on-screen in Windows. Visual PCL/2 will read and display multi-page PCL4, 5 and 5e print files on-screen often faster than they can be printed. Visual PCL/2 will allow you to save time by viewing prints on-screen before committing to paper. Visual PCL/2 functionality includes Zoom in and out, pan up and down, flip from page to page and includes true LaserJet 4/5 font outlines. Visual PCL/2 functionality can also fax all or selected pages using standard Windows fax printer driver software and uses the same Intellifont font scaling technology built into LaserJet printers.

What's new in Visual PCL/2 V2.1?

• Significantly enhanced on-screen document display
• Choice of low (200 dpi) or high (300 dpi) rendering
• Choice of document, thumbnail or combined display
• Faster and improved LaserJet PCL5/5e rendering including HP-GL/2
• Drag and drop support (Windows Explorer...)

Visual PCL/2 is a 32 bit PCL5e rendering software you can currently use with Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP. Visual PCL/2 uses the same Intellifont font scaling technology built into LaserJet printers.

Visual PCL/2 Features :

• Reads 300 and 600 dpi multi-page print files
• Renders at low 200 dpi and high 300 dpi resolutions
• Includes HP-GL/2 vector graphics support
• Includes support for downloadable scalable TrueType fonts
• Zoom in and out
• Pan up and down
• Fax all or selected pages using standard Windows fax printer driver software

How do I save multiple pages to disk as raster images using Visual PCL/2?
Visual PCL/2 will only let you save the currently viewed page to disk as a raster image file in Windows BMP format

Command line invoking of Visual PCL/2
Visual PCL/2 is intended to be an easy to use, low cost, end-user Windows GUI interactive application. You can invoke Visual PCL/2 with a print filename from the "DOS" command prompt and get as far as the Print dialog.