Hewlett-Packard created the PCL printer language (simply referred to as “PCL” in the industry) to provide an economical and efficient way for application programs to control a range of printer features across a number of printing devices. PCL 5 was first released in 1990 on the LaserJet III series printers and added HP-GL/2 to enhance its desktop publishing capabilities.
HP released an object oriented version of PCL in the mid-1990’s - PCL XL which was optimized for printing from GUI interfaces such as Windows and compressed to optimize throughput.
These two printer languages are found on virtually every business printer sold today. Save time and money in the long term by ensuring that the printer models you choose for volume purchases now adhere to the standard and interoperate with other software and devices on your networks.
- Thorough, in-depth testing for conformance to spec
- Command-level and application level testing options available
- Detailed test specification describe all elements of each test
- Powerful efficiency options cut test time and cost
- Reference output available of several HP printer models
- Test in-house with our test suites or outsource to our test lab
QualityLogic has been developing test suites for PCL since 1988 and we have several different test solutions to meet your needs. You can choose from rigorous conformance tests, functional test suites, or print ready files from hundreds of applications. And if you don’t have the testing resources in house, we can perform the testing for you.
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