Convert EPL image to PDF?

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I am using the UPS API to generate EPL labels to print on our thermal printer, which is working perfectly using CUPS and lpr.

However, I would like to be able to save that label in a computer-renderable format: GIF, PDF, PostScript - anything, really.

I have not been able to find a library to convert between raw EPL data to any other format. Is there a library that can do this? Or an LPR option or package which will output to a file, rather than a printer? How can I accomplish converting Eltron Programming Language files to something else?

I am currently implementing the other direction: from SVG to EPL. One could take my approach and inverse it. Please see: https://github.com/dittodhole/dotnet-System.Svg.Render.EPL — , May 15 '16 at 16:33

andyknas · Answer 1 · 2019-05-04T12:48:21.670

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There is no way to programmatically render EPL as an image. Yet.

edited May 04 '19 at 12:48

answered Mar 08 '13 at 23:00

andyknas

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EPL is a mostly text-based format; why wouldn't it be renderable? – Martin Heidegger Feb 15 '16 at 07:51
Because you'd need to render the text to an image. There is no rendering engine for EPL. – andyknas Feb 15 '16 at 13:04
Why is this downvoted? He's not lying, its 2017 and I cant find a library out there to render EPL2. – Dave Thompson May 02 '17 at 18:10
@andyknas `you'd need to render the text to an image` is not a valid reason, in SVG you also do so. It's just a `No one did it yet` – Zhigalin - Reinstate CMs May 04 '19 at 07:50

Convert EPL image to PDF?

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