PDF doesn't print correctly

[Docfxit]

When I use the latest version of PrimoPDF to print directly to an HP 990cse it prints garbage. The install went with no errors.
What it looks like before it goes into the PDF writer is:
................
.&l0001X.&f05069
y0X.&f0S.*v0n0O.
*c030G.*v2T.(12U
.(s1p020v0s0b245
80T.&f1S.&f0S.*p
+0122y+0690X.&a0
00PYELLOW.*v0T.*
v0n0O.*v0n0O....
.*c030G.*v2T.&f1
S.&f0S.*p+0122y+
2040X.&a000PYELL
OW.*v0T.*v0n0O.(
12U.(s1p024v0s3b
16901T.&f1S.&f0S
................
................
.*p+0266y+0954X.
&a000PAmalgamate
d Transit Union.
(12U.(s1p017v0s3
b16901T.&f1S.&f0
S.*p+0360y+1147X
.&a000PChange of
Address Form...
.(12U.(s1p010v1s
0b4101T.&f1S.&f0
S.*p+0470y+0120X
.&a000PLocal Uni
on.&f1S.&f0S.*p+
0467y+0360X.*c05

The file comes from a printer driver that is
creating the output in HP4050 *USERASCII format. What can I do to get the driver to process the file correctly?

[Douglas Saltsman]

Are you using primo AS a printer or are you trying to convert postscript? I'm not quite sure what you mean that that is what the file looks like prior to going to the converter.

[Docfxit]

Thank you for replying.

The PCL file is coming from a remote computer. I am using a program called Remote Print Manager to receive the file. I would like to print it on an HP Deskjet printer. The PCL6 won't print on a Deskjet that only accepts PCL3. If Primo can convert it to PDF it should print on the Deskjet.

[Douglas Saltsman]

Primo only does Postscript to PDF conversion. Even then it has to be ran from another application to create the postscript source. It acts as a printer itself.

There is a flash animation on the main page that might demonstrate this behavior a bit better than I can.

[Docfxit]

How is postscript different than PCL? Aren't we saying the same thing?

[Douglas Saltsman]

Postscript and PCL are two seperate printer languages. The ghostscript engine that we use interprets PS files and translates them to PDF. It's the job of primo to capture the PS stream (using redmon) from an application and send it to the ghostscript engine with given parameters. PrimoPDF itself does not translate one file type to a PDF. It works in conjunction with any app that can print.

[Docfxit]

Can you tell from the sample I included if it's Postscrip or PCL. I was told it's PCL6.

[Douglas Saltsman]

I'm not really sure...but if you can open it up in a PCL viewer, you should be able to print it to pdf (using Primo) from within the viewer. The best thing would be to print to PDF on the machine that created this file.

[Docfxit]

Thanks for your input.