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oxossim
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October 10, 2012
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Does windows 8 can produce a redeable postscript file?

  • October 10, 2012
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Does windows 8 can produce a redeable postscript file? It makes an emmbedded image file, wich is useless for my purposes.

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Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
February 28, 2013

The PostScript file generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver is not an image file, but rather a PostScript program. It is decodable, but that may be quite a bit of work.

Exactly what are your purposes? Maybe we can assist you if you provide us with an inkling of what you are trying to do.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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Test Screen Name
Legend
March 1, 2013

Yes, please define what you mean exactly by "readable".

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Dr.Adam
Inspiring
February 28, 2013

If you use any Windows Application and print the output to a file then you will get postscript output in ASCII format.

However many of the procedures are encoded for protection and no comments , no spaces between lines (CR,LF)

So you will end up with large junk of ASCII PS code.!

There is no Adobe Postscript Driver for Windows 7 or Windows 8 , you must use PS driver provided by printer manufacturer.

Cheers

Dr. Adam

Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
February 28, 2013

Corrections!

Most PostScript printers under Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8 actually use the Microsoft Windows PostScript driver PSCRIPT5.DLL associated with a printer manufacturer-supplied .PPD file and sometimes a driver plug-in, all installed either via dedicated installer program or via a .inf file that works with the Add Printer wizard.

The procedures are not encoded for protection but rather to effectively compress the stream.

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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