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In article <c66nh4$b3a$06$1@news.t-online.com>,
 "Markus Kern" <kernone@gmx.de> wrote:

> I want to convert old Wordstar 4 files to PDF.
> Up to know i couldn't find any solution for that. 
> 
> I thought i might be possible to create a postscript file,
> that you can convert to pdf using ghostscript.
> Do you think that possible? Or maybe someone got 
> another idea how to convert the Wordstar files.
> 
In principle any application that can print to a PostScript device can 
indeed produce a file that can then be converted to a PDF. You don't 
mention the platform or OS that you're working with, so it's hard to 
give you any specific advice on creating the PS file.

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Odysseus

"Odysseus" <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca> schrieb 
> In principle any application that can print to a PostScript device can 
> indeed produce a file that can then be converted to a PDF. You don't 
> mention the platform or OS that you're working with, so it's hard to 
> give you any specific advice on creating the PS file.

It's Wordstar 4.0 on Windows 98.
How can i figure out if it's possible to print to Postscript?

Markus

In article <c68g4h$jn6$03$1@news.t-online.com>,
 "Markus Kern" <kernone@gmx.de> wrote:

> "Odysseus" <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca> schrieb 
> > In principle any application that can print to a PostScript device can 
> > indeed produce a file that can then be converted to a PDF. You don't 
> > mention the platform or OS that you're working with, so it's hard to 
> > give you any specific advice on creating the PS file.
> 
> It's Wordstar 4.0 on Windows 98.
> How can i figure out if it's possible to print to Postscript?
> 
One method is to "Add Printer" from the control panel, choosing the 
option to direct its output to "FILE:" instead of a printer or 
communications port. You can set it up using pretty much any PostScript 
driver, but you'll probably get the best results by using one configured 
for Distiller; you can download it from Adobe's website. Once the 
'virtual printer' has been installed you should be able to print to it 
from any application.

-- 
Odysseus

"Odysseus" <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca> schrieb 
> One method is to "Add Printer" from the control panel, choosing the 
> option to direct its output to "FILE:" instead of a printer or 
> communications port. You can set it up using pretty much any PostScript 
> driver, but you'll probably get the best results by using one configured 
> for Distiller; you can download it from Adobe's website. Once the 
> 'virtual printer' has been installed you should be able to print to it 
> from any application.

I think this won't work, because it's an DOS program.

I found another solution, i printed to file using a hp printer 
driver from Wordstar , then i converted that PCL file to 
PDF using GhostPCL.