Printing Line Drawing characters from Microsoft Works 2.0

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From: Paul Zemancheff
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 1990 00:50

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	Help !.
		I have run into a problem with Microsoft Works 2.0 and 
postscript output. Specifically the line/box draw characters from the IBM pc
extended character set will not print correctly to a postscript printer. I have
examined a postscript file that is sent to the printer. Extended characters
are included as shown below:

720 4080 P 0 12 F (IBM) S 144 J ( pc box characters.) S 0 12 F 
720 4560 P 0 12 F (190) S 144 J ( to 210.) S 0 12 F 
720 5040 P 0 12 F () S 190 C () S 144 J ( ) S 191 C ( ) S 192 C ( ) S 193 C ( ) S 194 C ( ) S 195 C ( - ) S 197 C ( ) S 198 C ( ) S 199 C ( ) S 200 C ( ) S 201 C ( ) S 203 C ( ) S 204 C ( ) S 205 C ( ) S 206 C ( ) S 207 C ( ) S 208 C ( ) S 209 C ( ) S 210 C () S 0 12 F 
PE PSe

	The Microsoft support line suggested modifying the "works " postscrp.ini
file to define these characters. However, as far as I am aware there are no
appropriate Adobe code names to use in `foreignvec' modification suggested.
Has anybody encountered this problem, and if so was a solution found ?

								paul.....

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From: paz@mlb.dmt.csiro.au (Paul Zemancheff)
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Subject: Printing Line Drawing characters from Microsoft Works 2.0
Keywords: Works pc postscript
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Date: 30 Aug 90 00:50:22 GMT
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