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From: c-mikema@microsoft.UUCP (Michael Mans-freelance)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: EPS from Windows or PM?
Message-ID: <1235@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 89 10:49:45 GMT
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Reply-To: c-mikema@microsoft.UUCP (Michael Mans-freelance)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <245400016@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>>Anyway, I have Windows-386 as well as Windows V2.1 at my disposal, and I'd
>>like to get a straight answer from someone who knows for sure whether either
>>of these will, from the Windows-Paint program, produce actual EPS files.
>
>I too am interested in this. I think I know the answer (NO) but
>I am not positive. I would take plain postscript files. I have been 
>unable to figure out a way to make either Windows Write or
>Windows Paint to a file period. Is it possible?
>
>Doug McDonald

No, Write and Paint will not print eps files (actually it depends on
the PostScript driver you have installed). Since I only know about
the current Microsoft driver, I can't say for certain in your case.
If you have another driver, it may let you print EPS to a file.

	Write and Paint will print pure postscript via the driver.
All you have to do is put a filename (say "output.prn") in the win.ini 
file under [ports]. (I believe this is the correct header, but if 
not, the correct one will have a comment telling you how to do it 
associated with it in the file). Now add a postcript printer via the
control pannel (you need the .prn) and connect it to "output.prn" 
again via the control panel. When you print from your application, 
it goes through the postscript driver and into the file "output.prn


I hope this helps.

Michael:	c-mikema@microsoft.UUCP

NOT an official statement from the big MS.