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From: phil@diablo.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS Word 4.0 and Postscript
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Date: 22 Apr 89 02:24:17 GMT
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In article <8260@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
|I've never had any trouble with this.  Just set Printer Options the same
|as you would for a local postscript printer, then use Print File instead
|of Print Printer.  The only difference should be that the POSTSCRIPT.INI
|file is sent automatically ahead of the document when you Print Printer
|but it is not included when you Print File.  If you want to send the
|file to a different printer you must send POSTSCRIPT.INI ahead of it
|at least once - the definitions remain in the printer until it is turned

Yes, I'll second this description of the situation, independently
discovered through much wasted time. What I still don't understand
is how it could ever have worked for me before I learned about this.
(no one else prints _word_ files on the printer I use)
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