[archive] linux and printing gif files

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 27 September 2006]

I have a signature in a GIF file that I need to print out of a Mainframe Linux system. Has anyone ever done this?

I know some have resolved this by printing the image on a windows printer, using a postscript driver and redirecting output to a file. The file will contain all the necessary code to print the image, there is a form feed at the end though, which you will want to remove. If you then take this file to your unix system (provided the printer is postscript, otherwise repeat the process with the adequate driver) it should suffice to send this file to the printer pipe.

[Migrated content. Thread originally posted on 27 September 2006]

I have a signature in a GIF file that I need to print out of a Mainframe Linux system. Has anyone ever done this?

Assuming you want to print on a laser printer and you are already using PCL to print everything else you want. You need to create a pcl macro to embed in the rest of your pcl code when you print. One solution that I have used in the past is a program called mkpcl that will take an image and convert it to a pcl macro that you can embed into your code. Just do a search for mkpcl on google. It's not freeware but it is a cheap and a very easy solution.