I have been attempting to compile the pcl3 driver into my version of ghostscript.

I haven't been successful at it and was wondering if someone could give me a few pointers.

If you can, I'll post (it'll be rather lengthy which is why I won't do it yet) what I have done so far.

Stumped here, if someone can assist me.

Thanks in advance.

You probably should post at least the ending bit of the errors.

Have you tried to compile with --with-drivers=ALL ? Try that and see if it works. What other options are you sending to configure?

Thing is, I don't get any errors! Just when I go to do the "make pcl2opts" it comes back at me with "no target to makefile" or words to that effect.

I was following the instructions that was in the README & INSTALL files that came with the pcl3 tarball. Namely, it said to edit a file called "unix-gcc.mak" which I did and and add the jpeg libraries to the gsX.XX directory as well as the pcl3 directory.

I'm all screwed up on this. At first I tried compiling it into ghostscript 7.05, then I noticed that they were using gs7.00, so I tried with that, only thing is, that the older version doesn't come with autogen.sh, so ./configure won't work, and I can't generate a makefile.

<.totally confused here>

Thanks for any help.

My bad... I didn't realise that you were patching the sources. Do you think you could give a link to the sources of the patch so I/we can check out the doc's?

Maybe you need to copy the edited "unix-gcc.make" file to the real Makefile?

These are the directions I followed. I must be missing something because I've been over it a zillion times and everything looks right. I'll post my copy of the unix-gcc.mak file shortly.

Thanks!

How to compile ghostscript with pcl3
====================================
You need an ISO-C-conforming compiler and library in order to compile pcl3.

The following description is heavily biased towards UNIX systems and in
particular Linux.

1. Unpack the core distribution

This is the file ghostscript-N.NN.tar or gnu-gs-N.NN.tar. Unpacking it will
create a subdirectory "gsN.NN" in the current directory.

In order to clearly identify directories I'm going to use the following
expressions:
- "gs directory": the directory gsN.NN you have just created
- "documentation directory": In gs 5.50 this is identical to the
gs directory, in newer versions it is the subdirectory "doc" in the
gs directory.
- "source directory": In gs 5.50 this is identical to the gs directory,
in newer versions it is the subdirectory "src" in the gs directory.

2. Read Make.htm in the documentation directory on how to compile ghostscript.
In particular, you should learn

- which other files you need to unpack and how, and
- what the platform-specific make file for your platform is.

3. Unpack the other files needed (except the font files) as directed by
Make.htm.

4. Unpack pcl3, preferably in the gs directory. The file pcl3-<version>.tar
unpacks into a subdirectory pcl3-<version> with only three files:

README-cover
pcl3.tar the distribution proper
pcl3.tar.sig an OpenPGP signature for pcl3.tar

Make the directory accessible under the name "pcl3" from the gs directory,
either by renaming it or by creating an appropriate symbolic link. Then
change into the pcl3 directory and unpack pcl3.tar from there. This should change into the pcl3 directory and unpack pcl3.tar from there. This should
give you in addition the following regular files in that directory:

BUGS pcl3's bug list
LGPL text of the GNU LGPL
NEWS list of user-visible changes between versions
README this file

Furthermore, a number of subdirectories will have been created:

doc documentation
eprn C source code for the eprn device on which pcl3 is based
lib cups-pcl3, example.mcf, if-pcl3
ppd PostScript printer description files
ps PostScript files
src C source code and build files for pcl3

5. Extend contrib.mak in the source directory.

The pcl3 distribution contains extension files "src/contrib.mak-N.NN.add"
for this purpose, where "N.NN" is a ghostscript version (at least for all
ghostscript distributions listed in "Files needed" above). These files
contain text to be inserted into contrib.mak at some point, for example at give you in addition the following regular files in that directory:

BUGS pcl3's bug list
LGPL text of the GNU LGPL
NEWS list of user-visible changes between versions
README this file

Furthermore, a number of subdirectories will have been created:

doc documentation
eprn C source code for the eprn device on which pcl3 is based
lib cups-pcl3, example.mcf, if-pcl3
ppd PostScript printer description files
ps PostScript files
src C source code and build files for pcl3

5. Extend contrib.mak in the source directory.

The pcl3 distribution contains extension files "src/contrib.mak-N.NN.add"
for this purpose, where "N.NN" is a ghostscript version (at least for all
ghostscript distributions listed in "Files needed" above). These files
contain text to be inserted into contrib.mak at some point, for example at
the end. An extension file might work for other gs versions in addition to the designated one
The extension files contain an initial comment which gives you some
further instructions (compile options, files shared with hpdj, available
devices).

6. Add at least "$(DD)pcl3.dev" ("pcl3.dev" in gs 5.50) to one of the
DEVICE_DEVS* variables in the platform-specific make file. The conventional
place is DEVICE_DEVS3, DEVICE_DEVS4, or DEVICE_DEVS5. For a complete list
of pcl3 devices you can define here, see the contrib.mak-N.NN.add file.
You might also wish to modify the device and feature lists in other
respects.

On a Linux system, the file to edit is unix-gcc.mak.

7. Read the file doc/gs-mods.txt about modifications I suggest for making in
ghostscript's source code or configuration files.

8. Other changes to the platform-specific make file

For a UNIX system and if you wish to install the software in a non-default
directory, edit the make variable "prefix" (normally /usr/local).
This directory must exist before step 10.
This directory must exist before step 10.

If you intend to use the X Window System, check whether the values for the
variables XINCLUDE, XLIBDIRS, and XLIBS are correct. On Linux, they should
usually be "-I/usr/X11R6/include", "-L/usr/X11R6/lib", and
"Xt SM ICE Xext X11", respectively. You can ignore XINCLUDE if one of the
directories searched by the compiler anyway contains an appropriate "X11"
subdirectory (e.g., there is a link from /usr/include/X11 to
/usr/X11R6/include/X11).

9. On a UNIX system, check that the platform-specific make file (unix-gcc.mak
for Linux) is available to make from the gs directory (or use "-f"). Then,
in the gs directory, type "make" to generate the gs binary, and
"make pcl3opts" to generate the pcl3opts binary. The latter step is likely
to fail if you are not on an XPG-conforming UNIX system.

10. Install: "make install pcl3-install".

If you are not on a UNIX system, you'll probably have to omit the
"pcl3-install" part. Instead, copy pcl3's doc/*.html files and the compiled
pcl3opts binary (provided it did compile) to appropriate places yourself.

If "make pcl3-install" gives you a usage message from the "instcopy"
If "make pcl3-install" gives you a usage message from the "instcopy"
command you've forgotten "make pcl3opts" in step 9.

The "make pcl3opts" call, if successful, has also generated two NLS message
catalogues for pcl3opts in ghostscript's object file directory ("obj" in
the gs directory): pcl3opts-en.cat (English) and pcl3opts-de.cat (German).
These catalogues are not installed automatically. If you wish to use them,
copy each file into an appropriate NLS directory under a name matching your
NLSPATH conventions with "pcl3opts" for %N. (On Linux the default value for
NLSPATH usually includes /usr/share/locale/%L/%N and
/usr/share/locale/%L/LC_MESSAGES/%N.) You need the English catalogue only
if you want pcl3opts to issue media sizes in inches instead of millimetres.

Note that pcl3's PostScript example files (subdirectory "ps") are also not
installed. If you find them useful, copy them to an appropriate place
yourself.

Here's where I got it from:

http://home.t-online.de/home/Martin....oser/pcl3.html