printing postscript files

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4 total messages Started by Toh Guan Nge Fri, 31 Jul 1992 08:34

#204

Author: Toh Guan Nge
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 08:34

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How could a .ps postscript file be printed  in the Win 3.1 
environment? Since we can't use an editor to open it and print
from  within  editor.

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Toh Guan Nge, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Internet Email: egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
Bitnet   Email: egntoh@ntuvax.bitnet

Re: printing postscript files

#210

Author: The Myth
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:31

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In article <1992Jul31.083417.845@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Toh Guan Nge) writes:
>
>How could a .ps postscript file be printed  in the Win 3.1 
>environment? Since we can't use an editor to open it and print
>from  within  editor.
>

Shell to dos, then type:
copy /b FILENAME.ps LPT1
                    ^^^^
                      |
                      Use the number for the port that the printer is attached
                         to.

Re: printing postscript files

#250

Author: Victor Chan
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 05:59

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egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Toh Guan Nge) writes:

> 
> How could a .ps postscript file be printed  in the Win 3.1 
> environment? Since we can't use an editor to open it and print
> from  within  editor.
> 
> --
> Toh Guan Nge, School of EEE,
> Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
> Internet Email: egntoh@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
> Bitnet   Email: egntoh@ntuvax.bitnet

In the Control Panel, open up Printers.  You should have a Postcript 
printer installed to whichever default port you use.  Click on the 
connect button and you'll get a list of ports to connect the PS printer 
to.  Choose file and click OK and exit.  From my experience, after 
printing the PS file to your hard drive. You can just type print 
<filename.ps> at a DOS prompt to print your file (make sure your fonts 
have been downloaded to the printer).  Hope this helps.

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Re: printing postscript files

#2225

Author: charles allen
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 21:42

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skok@itwds1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Holger Skok) writes:

>>||
>>||How could a .ps postscript file be printed  in the Win 3.1 
>>||environment? Since we can't use an editor to open it and print
>>||from  within  editor.
>>||
>>|
>>|Shell to dos, then type:
>>|copy /b FILENAME.ps LPT1
>>|                    ^^^^
>>|                      |
>>| Use the number for the port that the printer is attached to.
>>|
>>
>>... Or how about dragging and dropping it onto the print 
>>manager?
>Naah, it won't. Dropping a file on the printmanager will start the
>program that is registered for that file type (-extension) and call the
>corresponding print command. You'd have to have a dump-program that you
>could register for the *.ps-files in order for drag and drop printing to
>work.

Could the DOS copy command be manually added to WIN.INI as the command
to call for all .PS files?  In the Extensions section I think?  Or
was that only for Win 3.0?  That way you could double-click the name of
the file from filemanager and boom, it prints.
 
-Charles Allen
CBALLEN@CLEMSON.CLEMSON.EDU
8/15

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