Font mapping in tansforming PCL into PDF

Aspose.PDF Product Family
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Hello,
We tried to transform a PCL file into a PDF document.
During transformation, Aspose didn’t take the specified font’s directory but the default font’s directory.
We tried to specify the font’s directory with this code but it does works :

Pdf pdf = <span lang=“EN-US” style=“font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
“Courier New”;color:#7F0055;mso-ansi-language:EN-US”>new Pdf();
//pdf.setTruetypeFontMapPath(“C:/temp/test/ConverToPcl/transforme_to_PDF/fonts/”);
//pdf.setIsTruetypeFontMapCached(true);
//You can start your app with java -Daspose.pdf.fontpath=c:/windows/fonts instead
//pdf.setTruetypeFontDirectoryPath("C:/temp/test/ConverToPcl/transforme_to_PDF/fonts/");
pdf.SetUnicode();
pdf.bindPCL(pclPath);
// save the resultant PDF document
String pathPDF = pclPath.substring(0, pclPath.length() - 4) + ".pdf";
pdf.save(pathPDF);

We tried to add our fonts to the windows’s default font’s directory, and it doesn’t work too.
Do you have any idea to help us ?
We have also another problem with the “€” caratcter which wasn’t transform correctly.
Do you know this problem ?
Best Reagards,

Julien

2

Hi Julien,


Thanks for using our products.

Can you please share the source PCL as well as the resultant PDF document being generated over your end so that we can test the scenario at our end. We are sorry for your inconvenience.


3

Hello,


You can find in attachement the ZIP file containing the PCL file and the PDF file we’d like to obtain.


Another point, can you tell us how to set the documente size to A4 ?


Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Julien
4

Hello,


We work on the PCL to correct some errors.

You can find in attachement a ZIP file containing the new PCL file.

Best regards,

Julien
5

julienfrance:
Another point, can you tell us how to set the documente size to A4 ?
Hi Julien,

In order to set PDF page size, please try using the following code snippet.

[Java]

Pdf pdf = new Pdf();<o:p></o:p>

pdf.bindPCL("C:\\pdftest\\PCL\\CONVERT5443987446517607590.PCL");

pdf.getSections().getSection(0).getPageInfo().setPageHeight(aspose.pdf.PageSize.A4Height);

pdf.getSections().getSection(0).getPageInfo().setPageWidth(aspose.pdf.PageSize.A4Width);

pdf.save("C:\\pdftest\\PCL\\CONVERT5443987446517607590_A4.pdf");

6

julienfrance:
We work on the PCL to correct some errors.
You can find in attachment a ZIP file containing the new PCL file.

Hi Julien,

Thanks for sharing the resource files.

I have tested the scenario where first I have installed CG Times, Universe font over my Windows 7 X64 machine and have tried executing the following code snippet to transform PCL file to PDF format but I am afraid I am encountering an error message that “Font: Lineprinter is not installed”. Even though I have installed the Line Printer font (the copy that I have got) but I am afraid I am always getting the message that font is not installed. Can you please share the LinePrinter font which you have referred in PCL file so that we can again test the scenario at our end.

Besides this, please take a look over attached PDF file and notice that CG Times and Univers fonts are properly being used. Notice that the line “La pratique du ball-trap est assurée par ce contrat pour 10” is in proper font.

[Java]

Pdf pdf = new Pdf();<o:p></o:p>

pdf.setTruetypeFontDirectoryPath("C:\\pdftest\\PCL\\");

pdf.setTruetypeFontMapPath("C:\\pdftest\\PCL\\");

pdf.setIsTruetypeFontMapCached(true);

pdf.SetUnicode();

pdf.bindPCL("C:\\pdftest\\PCL\\CONVERT5443987446517607590.PCL");

pdf.getSections().getSection(0).getPageInfo().setPageHeight(aspose.pdf.PageSize.A4Height);

pdf.getSections().getSection(0).getPageInfo().setPageWidth(aspose.pdf.PageSize.A4Width);

pdf.save("C:\\pdftest\\PCL\\CONVERT5443987446517607590_A4.pdf");

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Hello,

Firstly, you can find all our font's files in the zip file in attachement.

Secondly, do you have any idea for the problem of not having the caracter "€" in the PDF ?

For example, we have in your PDF :

"La pratique du ball-trap est assurée par ce contrat pour 10"


But we want :

"La pratique du ball-trap est assurée par ce contrat pour 10€"

Thanks for your help.


Best Regards,

Julien

8

julienfrance:
Firstly, you can find all our font’s files in the zip file in attachement.
Hi Julien,

Thanks for sharing the fonts files and sorry for the delayed response.

I have installed ArtLinePrinter.ttf file from attached fonts.zip file but I am still getting Font: Lineprinter is not installed. error message. I have also provided the path of folder containing all these fonts but still the message is appearing. Can you please share which exact font file can be used for Lineprinter font.

julienfrance:
Secondly, do you have any idea for the problem of not having the caracter “€” in the PDF ?

For example, we have in your PDF :

"La pratique du ball-trap est assurée par ce contrat pour 10"


But we want :

"La pratique du ball-trap est assurée par ce contrat pour 10€"

I am able to notice the same issue. For the
sake of correction, I have logged it in our issue tracking system as PDFJAVA-33178. We
will investigate this issue in details and will keep you updated on the status
of a correction.

We
apologize for your inconvenience.