How to convert a pdf file to a pcl file in Java

[Praveen Rajendran]

I am trying to find out how to convert a pdf file to a pcl file using java based API. Currently I am using a Adobe API through JACOB (Java COM Bridge) for this pcl creation but want to get out of that and use any Java based API or opensource.

I came across the StreamPrintService which can do such print file conversion but able to convert only a GIF file to a PS.

When I try to lookup for StreamPrintServiceFactory with input DocFlavor as GIF and output as PCL its saying no factories exist. Is this factory related to the Printers configured on my machine? I have tried the same after configuring the printer which prints PCL files but still no luck.

Code that I used is:

  
		DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.GIF;
		String psMimeType = DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY.PCL.getMimeType();
		System.out.println("psMimeType is "+psMimeType);

		StreamPrintServiceFactory[] factories =
			StreamPrintServiceFactory.lookupStreamPrintServiceFactories(flavor, psMimeType);
			
		if (factories.length == 0) {
			System.err.println("No suitable factories");
			
			System.exit(0);
		}
		else{
			System.out.println("Number of factories"+factories.length);
		}
  

Appreciate any help.

[vijin das]

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