Apple 12/600PS manual Printing to a PostScript file

Printing to a PostScript file

As an alternative to printing your document on the printer, you can save a PostScript language description of your document as a disk file. PostScript language descriptions of documents can be useful for

mcreating document archives

mprinting documents without using the program that created them (at a service bureau, for example)

mdiagnosing printing problems

You may also want to print an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file. You can use EPS files to export single pages from one program to another. EPS files can include any combination of text, graphics, and images, but they do not describe complete documents. For example, by saving an EPS file, you can insert a page of a document created with one program as an illustration in a document created by another program.

Note: PostScript files are normally ASCII text files that can be opened with any word processing program. However, if you select the Send Data in Binary option in the PostScript Options dialog box, the PostScript files may include binary characters that make them unsuitable for use with a word processor.

You can use either of two methods to create PostScript files. If your program’s Print dialog box has a Print to File checkbox, you can use this checkbox to create a PostScript file; this is the preferred method. Refer to your program documentation for information. If your program’s Print dialog box does not have a Print to File checkbox, however, you need to make temporary changes to your printer setup to create a PostScript file, as described next.

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