Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PJF file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PJF to another file type
To convert PJF Job files to another format, you need Trotec JobControl or other Data software.
Convert a file to PJF
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Project File" file type, you need software like Trotec JobControl or a similar tool.
About PJF files
The .PJF file extension primarily represents a proprietary job or project file utilized by several distinct software applications. The most common use case is a laser cutter job file created by Trotec JobControl, which stores layout data, material parameters, and cutting paths. Alternatively, it serves as a Print Job File for Brother P-touch Editor used in label making, a Construction Project File by Penta Technologies, or a Project Journal File in Pointwise. Because .PJF is a heavily fragmented and proprietary extension, sharing these files is extremely frustrating. A user without the exact originating software cannot open, view, or print the file. Standard web browsers and document viewers do not support it natively. Users typically want to convert .PJF files to universally accessible formats like PDF for document sharing, or SVG and DXF for vector graphics extraction. However, this file format is notoriously difficult to convert because the internal data structure depends entirely on which program created it. Standard online converters almost always fail to read the proprietary machine code. Fortunately, many .PJF files are actually standard ZIP or GZ archives in disguise. Just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible by extracting the embedded text, XML, or image assets.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PJF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PJF file to PDF, INDD, QXP, PUB, PMD, PM6, PM7, PM8, PM9, PM10, PM11 or OMP, you can use Trotec JobControl or similar software from the "Proprietary Project Job Settings" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MDI, PUB, PDP, PM4, P65, COMIC, WEBTEMPLATE, PMD, SPUB, INDD, PM5 or QXP files to PJF, try Trotec JobControl or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary Project Job Settings" category.
The PJF 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 PJF converter.