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Windows, Networking and Software

FAQ, Tips, Hints, and Wisdom for Windows 98x/XP

David Gok 139

Unless you already have a postscript printer driver installed, follow these instructions. Even if you already

have one, you may add another one for pdf purpose only. You don't need to have the actual printer.

Click Start -> Settings->Printers or double click My Computer->Printer. Then your printer folder will show

up. Double click Add Printer

In Windows 98, Add Printer Wizard window will pop up. (Windows 95 should have something similar.)

Click Next. Choose Local printer. Click Next.

Choose a postscript printer driver. How? Choose one with "PS" or "PostScript" attached to its name. It is a

good idea to choose a color postscript printer because you might want to make a colorful PDF file. For

example, HP PaintJet XL300 Postscript will do the job, or the Xerox XPrint 4920/4925 PostScript, or the

Apple Laserwriter Pro 810. I myself use to use Tektronix Phaser 220i. (There is no "PS" or "PostScript" in

it, but this driver helped me first discover how to make postscript files from windows applications;

however, the unprintable area for printer is quite large.) However, I recommend Tektronix Phaser 300i. It

doesn't have a large unprintable area like Tektronix Phaser 220i does. Moreover, it doesn't have the color

changed problem like HP PaintJet XL300 Phostscript. Click Next

Choose a printer port. (I recommend FILE but LPT1 is OK.) Name your printer and decide if you want it

to be your default printer. Click Next.

Choose NO for printing a test page because you don't really have one. Click Next and you will be prompted

to insert your Windows 98/95 CD-ROM. (Note: check if you have a c:\i386 directory. Most drivers are in

there.)

Viola! You got yourself a new printer driver. Now look at your printer folder. Right click on your new

printer and choose properties.

Click Paper tab and choose Letter unless your standard paper is different.

Click PostScript Tab. In the PostScript output format box, choose PostScript(optimize for portability -

ADSC). Note: you can also create an EPS file by choosing Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). This file can

be used as an image in LaTeX. That's all you need to setup the printer driver. However, you can

experiment with other options and see what the output will come out. Click OK when you're done.

Install GSview And Ghostscript

For more information about installing GSview and Ghostscript, visit http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/. Here

I will provide only the way I did it. Download gsvXXw32.exe (for GSview) and gsXXXw32.exe (for

Ghostscript) from the site. Install both of them. (It doesn't matter which one is installed first.) Open

GSview and you will be prompted to choose a version of Ghostscript.

Install Adobe Acrobat Reader

Obtain a Adobe Acrobat Reader from Adobe web site then follow the installation instructions.

Now you are ready to create a PDF file. Remember, the principle is Document file->Postscript file->PDF

file.

Create a postscript file from the document. I will show you by example. Suppose you want to create a

postscript file from a word document created by MS Word. (Other applications should follow the same

pattern.)

Open the document with MS Word. Click File->Print from MS Word menu panel.

In the Printer Name box, choose the printer you have just installed. (e.g. Tektronix Phaser 300i )

Check Print to file box. (If you choose FILE as your printer port, this step is not necessary.)

Click OK. Then you will be prompted to name your postscript file.

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