PCL Converter

Convert Printer Command Language files (PCL) online for free


Drop or upload your .PCL file
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How to convert your PCL file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PCL file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PCL to another file type

The converter easily converts your PCL printer files to various formats - free and online. No HP Print Drivers or other Page Layout software needed.

Convert a file to PCL

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Printer Command File" formats to PCL without using software like HP Print Drivers or a similar tool.

  • INDD to PCL
  • CLO to PCL
  • RAWB to PCL
  • DICOM to PCL
  • IFF to PCL
  • PATPS to PCL
  • ACE to PCL
  • CMT to PCL
  • EI to PCL
  • ICON to PCL
  • PPP to PCL
  • KRO to PCL

About PCL files

A .PCL file primarily contains Printer Command Language instructions. Created by Hewlett-Packard, this format acts as a direct line of communication between your computer and a printer. It stores all the layout, text, and graphics data exactly as they should appear on the physical page.

The main problem with .PCL files is that they are hardware instructions, not standard visual documents. You cannot open a .PCL file natively on Windows, macOS, or mobile devices. They are not supported by web browsers and often require paid software or clunky, outdated viewers to render on a screen. Additionally, depending on its source, a .PCL file might actually be a Pencil2D animation project, an Oracle database report, or a serialized Python data object.

To view or share the contents of a printer .PCL file, you must convert it. For universal sharing, archiving, and printing, convert to PDF. For embedding on the web or quick visual reference, convert to PNG or JPG. Drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser - free, online, and without installing any extra software.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PCL file.

Users also converted PCLX, PDL, TXT, LCPL, PDF, PRN, PRT, BTW, JPG and RPMSG files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PCL file to INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10 or PM11, you can use HP Print Drivers or similar software from the "Printer Control Instructions" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, PM5 or QXP files to PCL, try HP Print Drivers or another comparable tool in the "Printer Control Instructions" category.



The PCL Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PCL converter.