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From: marc@metapyr.UUCP ( The Karate Kid )
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Send Windows App output to PS file for later printing?
Message-ID: <955@metapyr.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 90 13:55:07 GMT
References: <5580@plains.NoDak.edu>
Reply-To: marc@metapyr.UUCP (Marc Paige - The Karate Kid )
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Organization: Meta Systems, Ltd. -- Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <5580@plains.NoDak.edu> (Kerry Person) writes:
>The title says it all, I guess.  I don't have a PostScript printer, but 
>I have access to one at work.  It's attached to a mainframe, so I can
>upload ASCII files and print them with no problem.  But I'd like to be able to 
>print my Word for Windows, Excel, and other app output to it...
   (some stuff deleted)
>I have Windows 286, and there
>seems to be no option to print to a file.  Or is there??
>Kerry Person

I haven't seen this question here before and I feel that is a fairly
general question (hence the post reply).

In the WIN.INI file there is a section titled "[ports]".  There is a comment
on how to enter a file name for a port.  Use the control panel to set your
PostScript printer (there is an assumption that you have installed the
PostScript printer driver) to that "port".  When you then make that the
configured printer, any print will go to that file.  The PostScript driver
has an option to produce a PS file instead of a binary print file.  In
a nutshell:

    1.  Install the PostScript driver if not already installed.
    2.  Edit the WIN.INI file to add a file for output.
        (NOTE: I forget if there is already a "FILE:=" in the version
         of windows you have.  If so you can use this "port" and windows
         will prompt you for a filename when you start the print job.)
    3.  Use the Control Panel to configure the PostScript printer for the
        filename port (or the "FILE:=" port if available).
    4.  Setup the PostScript printer to print PS files (possible eps).

This should help you out.

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