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In article <BswpB7.Ev8@ecf.toronto.edu> lakhanp@ecf.toronto.edu (LAKHANPAL Sanjiv Kumar) writes:

>I have a few questions about concerning eps files.  I used to use corel
>draw 2.0 and export to an eps file.  The file format was %!adobe 2.0 epsf2.0.
>I then exported the eps file into WordPerfect for Windows without problem.

Actually the header says

%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-2.0

>The problem arose when I started using Corel Draw 3.0.  It exports eps files
>with the following header: 

>			%!adobe 2.0 epsf1.2

>These eps files seem to import fine, but when I go to print them out the
>printer doesn't seem to respond.  

The printer shouldnt respond with the earlier files, either. They do
not contain a showpage. You can add one just before the line that says

%%Trailer

>The printer is an HPIIIp with a Pacific
>Page Postscript Cartridge (ver 4.31).  I was wondering if their are any
>utilities (preferably shareware) available for ibm clones capable of
>converting between different versions of eps.      

Apart from an editor ;-) not that I am aware of

>Also, the old eps files used to contain a sreen representation of the       
>drawings so that after importing the eps files I could see the image on
>screen and resize and scale with a good idea of what the image looked liked.

Just click on the option to include screen previews when you export to
EPS. This was also required for version 2.0 of Corel Draw. However,
perhaps someone had set this up as the default for you, and the
settings were not carried over to version 3

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Chris Lilley
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