This post contains some of the best free HPGL to PDF converter websites that you can use. Using anyone of these websites, you can convert any HPGL plotter information file to a PDF document in a few seconds. You just upload an input HPGL file and then they will return the corresponding PDF document that will contain whatever text/image/symbols printing instructions were in the file. All these websites work as they are supposed to, however they can only process one file at a time.
An HPGL file is basically a file extension which contains HP Graphics Language. This file is then used to send printing instructions to the large printing machines, mainly plotter printers. Other printers use dots technology to print characters, images, text, whilst a plotter printer uses the printing instructions from an HPGL file to draw/paint images/text on the large paper. And instead of printing on paper, if you want to render HPGL on PDF then here I have mentioned some websites that you can use.
3 Free HPGL to PDF Converters:
Vector Express
Vector Express is one of the most powerful websites you can use to convert any HPGL file to PDF in a couple of clicks. Here it simply takes a file from you and then generates the corresponding PDF in a matter of seconds. Basically, this website here meant to convert one vector format to another. And one of the conversions that it supports is HPGL to PDF.
The best part about using this website is that there is no sign up or registration in order to use it. Apart from converting HPGL to PDF, you can convert it to DWG, DXF, EPS, PLT, and PS.
Go to the main website of this vector files converter from the above link. After that, you simply upload the HPGL that you want to convert. It will automatically detect the supported file and then will show you the output file formats in which you can download that file.
So, select the PDF option and wait for a few seconds. When the file is ready, simply click on the Download button to save it on your PC. Repeat the process whenever you want to convert a HPGL file to PDF or other vector graphics format using this website.
Coolutils HPGL to PDF Converter
Coolutils is another free website that you can use to convert any HPGL file to PDF with ease. This website has a lot of file converters and one of those converters is the HPGL to PDF converter. Just give this website any HPGL file and then it will convert it to PDF format for you. And not just PDF but there is an option to convert the same file to JPEG, PNG, CGM, TIFF, and others. During the HPGL to PDF conversion, you can opt to specify a custom header and footer for the final PDF file.
This website doesn’t ask you to create an account in order to use it. Just go to the main homepage using the link above and then simply start by uploading an HPGL file. PDF format is selected as the output format automatically and if you want to customize the header and footer of the file then you can specify the options there.
Finally, when you are all set, simply start the conversion and it will only take a couple of seconds to generate the final PDF file. Similarly, you can convert HPGL to other file formats.
Aspose
Aspose offers a powerful set of file converters to convert vector files from one format to another. Recently, I used it for GPX to PDF conversion but it has a lot more offers. It also allows you to convert a HPGL file to PDF as well. All it needs is a valid HPGL file and then it can easily convert it to the PDF format with ease.
Apart from converting HPGL to PDF, you can convert the same file to SVG, BMP, PNG, JPG, DXF, EMF, OBJ, PSD, DICOM, and JP2. For PDF, it supports 3 different stats that you can choose from, and they are PDF_15, PDFa_1b, and PDFa_1a.
Access this HPGL converter from the above URL and then simply upload an HPGL file to begin with. Next, from the dropdown, you have to select a PDF standard from one of the available three. Next, you just start the conversion and then wait for a few seconds.
After it has generated the PDF file, you can simply download it on your PC. Since it does not show you the preview of the final PDF file, you have to manually verify it. And if you think the conversion didn’t go as expected, then start again and choose a different PDF standard.
Final thoughts:
If you are looking for some best free websites to convert any given HPGL file to PDF then you are at the right place. Just use any tool from this list and quickly get a PDF file out of HPGL. All the websites work perfectly and it just depends on you which one you like. Personally, I will recommend you to use Vector Express because it is specifically meant for vector graphics conversion and hence offers fast and precise conversion. But the other two websites are good as well. Try these and let me know what you think about them.
