hp2xx

HPGL to vector and raster formats converter and previewer for X11

hp2xx reads HPGL ASCII source files, interprets them, and converts them into either another vector-oriented format or one of several rasterfile formats. Currently, its HPGL parser recognizes a subset of the HP 7550A command set. Some high-level functions like filled polygons are missing Also, only the basic fixed character set 0 is supported Besides these limitations, hp2xx has proven to work with many HP-GL sources without any trouble. It allows conversion from HPGL to: mf (MetaFont), eps (PostScript), pcl (HP-PCL Level3), pre(view), pcx (PaintBrush-Format), img (GEM), pic (ATARI bitmap), pbm (Portable Bitmap), png (Portable Network Graphics), ...