Export formats

EscapeE can export your original PCL document in many different formats:

Converting a PCL job to 'Forms Description Language' means that you can open pages in Page Designer, edit them and output them for virtually any printer.

PostScript file

Output is generated in Adobe's 'PostScript' printer language without using any Windows printer driver and is suitable for level 2 and level 3 printers.

PDF file

Output is generated in Adobe's 'Portable Document Format'. This is particularly useful as an archive format that can be viewed directly with a browser, creating documents that can be searched for text strings.

HTML file

The document can be output as a file written in HyperText Mark-up Language (HTML) or MIME-encoded HTML (MHT) suitable for display by a web browser.

HP PCL file

Using the HP PCL format for exporting a file will reprocess the file, even though it was imported as a PCL file. This is useful for consolidating files that have been heavily modified.

Using the Subset export format enables you to extract part of a PCL print job without reprocessing. This is useful, for example, when you have a paper wreck in the middle of a PCL print run and wish to reprint just part of the job.

IPDS

Exports an Intelligent Printer Data Stream suitable for IBM's IPDS printers. Pages may be rendered as exact images or as text/image composites for speed.
NB: the module to export in IBM IPDS protocol must be specially installed; contact help@redtitan.com for more information.

XPS

Exports in Microsoft's open architecture XML Paper Specification - a zipped file of XML pages, fonts, images in native format etc. for printing or viewing on screen.

AFP image

Exports an AFP datastream rendering each page as an image for printing on IBM systems that support AFP. Note that this does not allow you to edit the file or use the text search facility.

DCX/PCX images

DCX fax file format is supported for both input and output. This format is used by some fax systems - it uses the PCX format for the images. EscapeE can handle up to 1023 pages.

DICOM images

Exports one-file-per-page in "DICOM" format used for medical imaging. The group/element values may be extracted to set up a DICOM Element Tag.

EMF images

An Enhanced MetaFile object stores a vector image as a list of settings and drawing commands. It may be used to provide images for printing or viewing on-screen.

IMG image

IMG export produces a datastream in Variable blocked format for feeding directly to a channel-attached Xerox centralized DJDE/Metacode printer. The Xerox IMG (Barr) format is used where the printer has a Barr spooler interface attached. These formats enable documents from standard word processing software to be output as a PCL file and then converted by EscapeE for printing identically on a Metacode printer. Both formats make use of PP.JSL supplied.

PNG image

Portable Network Graphic images are a useful web-compatible format that can be displayed in browsers and avoids the royalty issue associated with GIF format.

TIFF image

Tagged Image File Format is principally used as an archive format for viewing in EscapeE and in COLD (Computer Output on Laser Disc] systems. It creates an exact image of the page.

Windows BMP

A bulky format typically used by painting-type programs representing MS Windows bitmap files.

Plain text

Exports the whole document to plain text, allowing you to create documents which can be easily edited with any text editor. You may also export just the Data fields to Plain Text, and paste them into any other application.

CSV fields

Data fields can be exported in Character Separated Variables format. You may choose to export all the fields in the document or just selected fields.

XML fields

Data fields can be exported in eXtended Mark-up Language. You may choose to export all the fields in the document or just selected fields The extra files necessary to create style sheets can also be generated.

PCL download fonts

The fonts that have been used in a document can be extracted in PCL format.

PCL fonts as RFFs

Fonts can be extracted from the document as 'RFF' files suitable for use with Page Designer. (This is done automatically when FDL output is selected.) RedTitan Font Format is a printer-independent format that stores all the information about a font and enables easy conversion to and from different formats.

Macros

Macros in the document itself may be extracted and exported. The macros created can be used to overlay on selected pages using the Field mechanism - see About fields and tags.

A range of pages may be saved as a macro.