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Article #15015Re: PostScript from MS Word
From: John R. Levine
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1986 16:51
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1986 16:51
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In article <476@unc.unc.UUCP> mcguffey@unc.UUCP (Michael McGuffey) writes:
>If I "print file" from MS Word v3.0 with applaser.prd as the printer, shouldn't
>I get a PostScript file as output? I may be doing something wrong, but I am
>getting a file in the MSPRINT format ...
>... If anybody has written a MSPRINT -> PostScript filter, I
>would be interested in getting a copy of it.
MS Word comes with a PostScript interpreter for MS Print files -- that's how
it prints on the laserwriter. The interpreter is in APPLASER.INI. Send that
to your laserwriter followed by the MS Print output and it works just fine.
--
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ima!johnl From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: PostScript from MS Word Message-ID: <436@ima.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Dec-86 11:51:31 EST Article-I.D.: ima.436 Posted: Wed Dec 31 11:51:31 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Dec-86 20:52:07 EST References: <476@unc.unc.UUCP> Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine) Organization: Javelin Software Corporation Lines: 14 Summary: Word speaks postscript quite adequately