There are times when there may be a need to output RAW PCL data for troubleshooting or development reasons. With the release of Navigator HP R6_8239 DFE, we have included options for creating and naming PCL output from the system.
We have added three additional entries to the HPPW.INI file that will allow you to control how the output files will be named and whether they will overwrite themselves or not. The HPPW.ini file can be found at this path.
C:\Users\xitron\AppData\Roaming\Xitron\HPPW
Open the HPPW.ini file with a text editor and you will see the new entries with the settings all off.
[General]
FileOutput=0
FileOutputNamed=0
FileOutputNumbered=0
Each option is independent and can be enabled independently or in unison. To enable each option you add a “1” at the end of the description.
FileOutput=1 - Turns output ON.
FileOutputNamed=1 - This creates a PCL3 with "jobName" as the root file name,
FileOutputNumbered=1 - This will add a postfix number so files persist instead of being over-written.
Turning the “FileOutput=1” option can also independently be controlled from within the DFE user interface regardless if the .ini setting is turned on or off. Open the DFE UI and select the gear icon which will kick up the window in the screenshot below.
Select the Save PCL Files tick box, then save your selection by clicking the “apply button on the top left of the UI window.
Examples of each variation.
FileOutput=0
FileOutputNamed=0
FileOutputNumbered=0
Setting them all to '0' will save nothing.
FileOutput=1
FileOutputNamed=0
FileOutputNumbered=0
This will output a file named "output.plc", overwriting the same file EVERY job.
FileOutput=1
FileOutputNamed=1
FileOutputNumbered=0
This will use the job name as the output file name (no "extension" added). If you re-run the job, it will overwrite the output. In the example below the “job name” pulled from the file included the .PDF extension so it displays as a PDF, it is not. You can easily manually change the extension to pcl if need be.
FileOutput=1
FileOutputNamed=1
FileOutputNumbered=1
This will preserve the output file (named as job name) by postfixing a decimal number to the end of the name to handle uniqueness.
FileOutput=1
FileOutputNamed=0
FileOutputNumbered=1
This will output "output.pcl_1" followed by "output.plc_2", etc. Ad infinitum.
By default when creating PCL output it will also print to the HP BNB since the workflow will require a correct IP address of the HP printer to run files through our system. If you require only the PCL3GUI file and not have the printer fire, add the line below to the [General] in the HPPW.ini
NetworkOutput=0