Postscript problems

[geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]

 Paul Branchaud noted <<When a client asks for a PostScript
 file, I always have problems when it is generated by the
 Windows machine. The problem appears to be that my
 Windows system is generating a different kind of PostScript
 file (PCL), that can't be printed by many of our
 clients.>>

 Simple problem and simple solution: you're not generating a
 postscript file, you're generating a Hewlett-Packard
 "printer control language" (PCL) file. (A postscript file
 would have an extension of either .eps, .ps or .prn,
 depending on how you generated the file.) To fix the
 problem, change to a postscript printer driver in your
 control panel. Don't be embarrassed if this seems to be a
 trivial answer; if you've got an HP printer equipped with
 the postscript option, it's perfectly logical to assume
 that the printer is generating postscript output,
 particulary if you're from a Mac environment originally and
 are used to working with Postscript-only printers.

 --Geoff Hart     @8^{)}     geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
 Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.

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