AFP to PCL transform

The AFP to PCL transform creates PCL 5, 5e, or 5c output. The transform can create monochrome or color output. You can print the PCL output on printers that support PCL 5, 5e, or 5c. A printer that supports PCL 5c is required to print color output.

The AFP to PCL transform converts AFP resources (resources can be inline in the AFP documents or in AFP resource libraries) into PCL format and includes them in the PCL data stream. In addition, the transform converts AFP formatting options, such as paper size and duplexing, to PCL commands. The interpretation of these PCL commands depends on your printer, and unpredictable results can occur if the AFP document requests formatting options that are not installed in the PCL printer.

The AFP to PCL transform uses 240-pel and 300-pel (single-byte and double-byte) raster fonts. The transform includes all raster fonts in the PCL data stream to make sure they are available. The transform converts outline, OpenType, and TrueType fonts to equivalent raster fonts and includes them in the PCL data stream.

When printing images, the transform scales 240-pel images to 300-pel. The printer then scales the images to the resolution of the printer.

The administrator can specify transform options in the transform configuration file, such as the output page size, how to map AFP input tray numbers to paper sizes and PCL tray numbers, and whether to produce monochrome or color output.