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From: spage@cup.portal.com (S spage Page)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: including postscript files produced by Windows
Message-ID: <15685@cup.portal.com>
Date: 11 Mar 89 14:17:32 GMT
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Micrografx supplies their own PostScript driver (MGXPS.DRV) with their
latest versions of Designer and Draw Plus.  This has an option to produce
EPSF output: if you select it and choose Print, a box pops up asking what
file name you want to save the file as.

The resulting file looks like an EPSF file, but I've had problems with
other programs recognizing it.  Also, it only has the PostScript "fork",
there's no bitmap image for programs to display in place of the PS code.
I think this driver is an exact replacement for the Microsoft Windows
PostScript driver, so it may work for other Windows applications.

If you just want to convert a bitmap to Encapsulated PostScript, the HIJAAK
utility supposedly converts between a whole bunch of formats including
EPSF.  I saw an old copy of this and it looked terrible, but it probably
will do the job.  There's a nice shareware Windows utility called EASEL
which converts different bitmaps, maybe the latest/commercial version
supports EPSF also.

=S Page, GO Corporation		spage@cup.portal.Com
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