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Creating a PS file
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| Very simply, I have a 1-page Word document and 3 single-page TIFF
images, all 8.5"x11", that I want to package as a single .PS file.
The .PS file will then be shipped off to a PostScript-capable printer
somewhere far, far away.
What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the least amount of
programming, in the Windows 2000/2003 environment?
The project has a budget so purchasing a package such as Adobe Acrobat
or PageMaker is no problem, if it will solve the problem quickly.
ADVThanksANCE.
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| Aandi Inston 2006-04-06, 7:02 pm |
| Grok <nospam@anytime.net> wrote:
>Very simply, I have a 1-page Word document and 3 single-page TIFF
>images, all 8.5"x11", that I want to package as a single .PS file.
>The .PS file will then be shipped off to a PostScript-capable printer
>somewhere far, far away.
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>What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the least amount of
>programming, in the Windows 2000/2003 environment?
Place the TIFF files into Word and print to file using the RIGHT
PostScript printer driver. Job done.
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| macropod 2006-04-08, 8:02 am |
| Hi Grok,
Be warned, Word makes really ugly, bloated postscript files.
Cheers
"Grok" <nospam@anytime.net> wrote in message
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> Very simply, I have a 1-page Word document and 3 single-page TIFF
> images, all 8.5"x11", that I want to package as a single .PS file.
> The .PS file will then be shipped off to a PostScript-capable printer
> somewhere far, far away.
>
> What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the least amount of
> programming, in the Windows 2000/2003 environment?
>
> The project has a budget so purchasing a package such as Adobe Acrobat
> or PageMaker is no problem, if it will solve the problem quickly.
>
> ADVThanksANCE.
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| George N. White III 2006-04-09, 8:02 am |
| On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Grok wrote:
> Very simply, I have a 1-page Word document and 3 single-page TIFF
> images, all 8.5"x11", that I want to package as a single .PS file.
> The .PS file will then be shipped off to a PostScript-capable printer
> somewhere far, far away.
What platform are you using? Do you know the printer model (and installed
options, particularly RAM) and do you have the appropriate drivers for
your platform? Do you need color management? Are you sending the file
to a 3rd party who will print or are you communicating directly with the
printer via vpn or the like?
> What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the least amount of
> programming, in the Windows 2000/2003 environment?
>
> The project has a budget so purchasing a package such as Adobe Acrobat
> or PageMaker is no problem, if it will solve the problem quickly.
Why not use PDF? In the usual workflow, the device specific details are
all handled in a computer "close" to the printer running a PDF viewer and
the appropriate printer drivers. The PDF file will have minimal
device-specific characteristics (image resolution, CMYK vs RGB
colorspace, maybe choice of fonts).
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George N. White III <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca>
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| macropod ha scritto:
> Hi Grok,
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> Be warned, Word makes really ugly, bloated postscript files.
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Word or Windows driver makes postscript files ?
What about Adobe Postscript driver for Windows (alternative to standard
Win PS driver) ?
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| macropod 2006-04-12, 8:01 am |
| Hi marcov,
Well, yes: if you've got a postscript printer installed, or a distiller like
Acrobat etc, printing to file from any Office application with that
printer/distiller driver will generate genuine postscript.
Cheers
"MV" <marcov04@news.it> wrote in message
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> macropod ha scritto:
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> Word or Windows driver makes postscript files ?
> What about Adobe Postscript driver for Windows (alternative to standard
> Win PS driver) ?
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> user marcov04
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| George N. White III 2006-04-12, 7:02 pm |
| On Wed, 12 Apr 2006, macropod wrote:
> Hi marcov,
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> Well, yes: if you've got a postscript printer installed, or a distiller like
> Acrobat etc, printing to file from any Office application with that
> printer/distiller driver will generate genuine postscript.
You can still have problems with the translation from the Windows graphics
to PostScript. I've seen lines that are rendered smoothly in Windows come
out wiggley in PostScript (probably due to extreme scaling combined with
translation of quadratics to cubics). Transparency can cause problems,
especially when mixed with fonts. In some case the driver may even
generate rasters for outline fonts (e.g., transparency combined with
fancy colored fills).
High end applications (e.g., Adobe products) don't use the Windows GDI to
generate PostScript, they have their own code and use "pass-thru" mode.
One of the best ways to get PostScript from Office docs is to save as pdf
from OpenOffice.org and print from Adobe Reader.
> Cheers
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> "MV" <marcov04@news.it> wrote in message
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| Alain Reymond 2006-04-20, 4:02 am |
| Grok a écrit :
> Very simply, I have a 1-page Word document and 3 single-page TIFF
> images, all 8.5"x11", that I want to package as a single .PS file.
> The .PS file will then be shipped off to a PostScript-capable printer
> somewhere far, far away.
>
> What is the easiest way to accomplish this with the least amount of
> programming, in the Windows 2000/2003 environment?
>
> The project has a budget so purchasing a package such as Adobe Acrobat
> or PageMaker is no problem, if it will solve the problem quickly.
>
> ADVThanksANCE.
>
You can install the "MS Publisher Color Printer" which should be
available with your system disks. Write from Word to that printer and
check "Write to file".
Rename the file from .prn to .ps. The content os this file is
PostScript. You can then mail the file wherever you want.
You can do the same choosing an Apple Color Laserwriter and write to a
file instead of the printer. The generated file is also PostScript.
Regards.
Alain
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| Aandi Inston 2006-04-20, 4:02 am |
| Alain Reymond <arwebmail@skynet.be> wrote:
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>You can install the "MS Publisher Color Printer" which should be
>available with your system disks. Write from Word to that printer and
>check "Write to file".
>Rename the file from .prn to .ps. The content os this file is
>PostScript. You can then mail the file wherever you want.
>
>You can do the same choosing an Apple Color Laserwriter and write to a
>file instead of the printer. The generated file is also PostScript.
You can do this, but I repeat the advice I gave in an earlier post:
use the RIGHT driver. PostScript is not device independent. Find out
what printer will be used, and use the correct printer for that.
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