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The PostScript driver generates PostScript for PostScript printers. The Epson Cxx printers are NOT PostScript printers. Installing a PostScript driver will not solve that.

You cannot print QuarkXPress documents with any EPS content to a non-PostScript printer. The only easy workaround is to create a PDF file from your QuarkXPress document and print that from Acrobat or Adobe Reader to your Epson Cxx inkjet printer.

- Dov

You can buy a Raster Image Processor (RIP) from Birmy or EPSON.
Then your printer behaves like a Postscript printer with a PPD.

Also under MACOSX und LINUX all printers have PPDs.

How can non-PostScript printers have "PostScript Printer Definition" files? Somewhat of a contradiction, if you ask me!

- Dov

I was told that I should make a postscript file from Quark using a virtual postscript printer and then make a PDF from the Postscript file. I downloaded a free program called PDF995 as was recommended and I still can't get it to work, it keeps saying that windows can't find the program, even though it's there.

This is all so confusing since everyone that I've talked to gives me different answers. I never even heard of a postscript or non postscript until a week ago.

Oops, I just read that a virtual printer is for a computer that is on a network. I should have said printer driver.

Don't worry Dov.

If you have an Epson inkjet printer, it doesn't use a PPD under
Windows, but the Epson driver. You can however buy a software
RIP from Birmy or Epson that converts Postscript into printer
specific language. For other applications this printer apears now
as a Postscript printer. Therefor the RIP installs also PPD files
that can be imported into Quark.

MACOSX and Linux are Postscript-based rather than GDI. Therefor
all applications produce Postscript. All printers appear as
Postscript printers. If a printer is not a Postscript printer then
its PPD contains a call for a driver. Ghostscript, the most common
software RIP is used to convert each Postscript file into a Bitmap
raster that will be converted into printer specific file.

If you want to read more about it look at:
 <http://www.linuxprinting.org>
 <http://www.cups.org>
 <http://www.ghostscript.com>

You can use a Linux computer with CUPS as a print server for
Windows client. You would then install the PPDs used by CUPS
on your Windows client.

Brenda,

I have printed pdf files with a non-postscript printer (Epson 740) for years on both Mac and Win. You first must convert your file to a *.ps file, then use the Distiller (from some Adobe program like PageMaker) to create a PDF file.

For Mac you need to download the Virtual PS printer. If you use OS 10 or later, look in the Help file for printing to a virtual ps printer. Easy instructions.

For Win you need to download the Adobe ps printer driver. Then when you go to print, select the PS printer, then check "print to file" which will create the *.ps file. In the Distiller (above) navigate to the new .ps file, click OK, which will create the .ps file as a .pdf file.

Flora