Article ID: 163642
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q163642
SYMPTOMS
You cannot create Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files from Microsoft
Publisher if you are using the Microsoft Windows NT Workstation
versions 3.51 or 4.0 PostScript printer driver. In contrast, if you
run the versions of Publisher listed at the beginning of this article
on Windows 95 or Microsoft Publisher 2.0 on a computer running
Microsoft Windows 3.1, you can create EPS files using the Windows
PostScript printer driver.
CAUSE
The Windows NT PostScript printer drivers send the output directly to
the PostScript printer. They cannot be configured to print to EPS
files. This functionality is different from the Windows 95 and Windows
3.1 PostScript printer drivers which can be configured to print to EPS
files instead of directly to the PostScript printer.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, create a PostScript print file (also
called PostScript dump or PS file) from Windows NT. In many cases, you
can use a PostScript print file instead of an EPS file. To do this,
click to select the Print To File check box in the Print dialog box
(File menu).
If you cannot use a PostScript dump or PS file, you can print an EPS
file from a computer running Windows 95 (or Windows 3.1 if you are
using Publisher 2.0).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation, versions 3.51 and 4.0.
MORE INFORMATION
PostScript is a page description language which is used by a large
number of printers, including most image-setters and large format
color printers.
A PostScript file is a file that contains a collection of PostScript
commands necessary to print one or more pages to a device that uses
the PostScript page description language. To use a PostScript file,
you simply copy the file to the device. PostScript files are not
designed to be placed or imported into other programs.
An EPS file, on the other hand, contains additional information. EPS
files are designed to be opened in a graphics program or placed in a
word processing or desktop publishing program and printed from there.
Unlike a PostScript file, an EPS file can only contain the information
needed to print a single page. To use a PostScript file, you should
insert it into a document created in another program and print it from
that program. EPS files are not designed to be copied directly to a
PostScript device.
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