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Hi,

I have been trying for a while now to find a windows95 postscript
printer driver that will allow me to print to a file in win95, upload to
a unix machine (where I have access to printers) and then print out my
docs.  I keep having a problem using any format other than EPS.  So far
I've tried a bunch of Apple whatever postscript driveres and the
Varityper driver that comes with win95.
I can't even display the files on the unix machines (with Ghostview)
unless I used the EPS format.  Of course I can only haev one page per
file then, which is not very convenient.
The error I keep getting talks about running out of printer memory and
some other things.
I'd very much appreciate some input on this. I'm stumped.

Oh, and out of the postscript drivers available for win95, does anyone
know the most reliable?

Thanks,
Jared.



Sat, 29 May 1999 03:00:00 GMT  
 platform independent?

Quote:

>Hi,
>I have been trying for a while now to find a windows95 postscript
>printer driver that will allow me to print to a file in win95, upload to
>a unix machine (where I have access to printers) and then print out my
>docs.  I keep having a problem using any format other than EPS.  So far
>I've tried a bunch of Apple whatever postscript driveres and the
>Varityper driver that comes with win95.
>I can't even display the files on the unix machines (with Ghostview)
>unless I used the EPS format.  Of course I can only haev one page per
>file then, which is not very convenient.
>The error I keep getting talks about running out of printer memory and
>some other things.
>I'd very much appreciate some input on this. I'm stumped.

PostScript IS NOT GENERIC. So turn the question around. What PRINTER
do you want to print on? Now use the matching driver.

Other hints: HP drivers are the least generic of all; go into printer
setup (from Control Panel, not an application) and turn off the
Control D option.

The 'out of memory' problem is either true, or a consequence of using
an old version of GhostScript; I think later versions lie more
convincingly about how much memory they have.

Quote:
>Oh, and out of the postscript drivers available for win95, does anyone
>know the most reliable?

There are only two PS drivers for Windows 95, so far as I know. The
microsoft one, which came with Windows 95, and the AdobePS 4.1 driver.
The latter has more bug fixes.

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Sat, 29 May 1999 03:00:00 GMT  
 
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