Thanks for your reply..

Actually we are using Form Forge software for designing purpose. This software is a freeware and uses PCL commands. We are combining our data with the software and generates PCL file. Now we need to convert this combined file into PDF.

Can we pass this PCL file directly to the PDF printer driver?

No. Printer drivers take the output format that a windows program generates, and translates it to get the recipient of the driver (the printer, plotter, fax-to-modem) to produce the “described” result. For instance, Windows says put a dot at 100 × 37 to the driver, and the driver maybe says Line at 5 units by 1.2 units of length 0, because that is how that particular printer needs to hear the instruction so as to create the desired output.

In the case of a .PDF driver, the command from Windows winds up in a file. Drivers are essentially translators between Windows and [u]hardware</u> (even if it is virtual hrdware, like a .PDF file).

Drivers operate at a pretty low level of the operating system.

A converter, such as you are talking about, is at the software level, like any other .DLL or .EXE.

Here's a thought...

It seems to me, you can drag a document, and drop it onto a printer icon in the Printers window. Or maybe onto an icon for that printer that you have created on the desktop.

I think that when you do this, Windows invokes the application that the document is associated with, so this might not work.

If there is a .PDF driver in the Printers window, perhaps you can drag the .PCL onto that driver... Questionalbel, but worth a try.

Try dragging the .PCL onto the intended printer to see if that works first.

I must say I'm dubious though.