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Re: Mac EPS ==> PC EPS?

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From: Alex Pournelle
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 23:21
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alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) writes:
>We are having a real problem migrating Mac Illustrator 3.1 EPS files to
>the peecee.  I can get them to print in PageMaker Mac 4.0, Quark 3.1,
>Illustrator, but importing them to PM PC results in a gray box with text
>in it showing the filename, revision, etc.--clearly the header off the
>file.

We have now got it printing in PMPC4.0, because we saved it as a DOS
.EPS from within Illustrator.  It's much b i g g e r (3Mbytes instead of
1.4M) but it places and sizes.

>When brought into WP5.1 PC, the results are even more boring--a blank
>page.  Mind you, WP5.1 will pump the file (3000K) in, but nothing prints
>(and it takes forever, too!). 

This is still true.  And WPCorp. has been no help yet.

>Help!?  Anything appreciated; I have someone contacting Adobe.

Who said "it's not our problem" of course--did I expect different?

>This is (I'll say!) a learning experience, and I'll share...

	TNX,
		Alex
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Subject: Re: Mac EPS ==> PC EPS?
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