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9 Click Download. The Font Downloader informs you of its progress as it downloads fonts. Note: While downloading, you can use other programs, but you can’t print. 10 After you are finished downloading fonts, click Exit. You are returned to the Setup dialog box. 11 Click OK to close the Setup dialog box. 12 Click Close to close the Printers dialog box. 13 Choose Exit from the Settings menu to close the Control Panel. You can confirm that the fonts were downloaded by printing a list of font samples with the Apple LaserWriter Utility for Windows. Chapter 7 Printing to a PostScript file As an alternative to printing your document on the printer, you can save a PostScript language description of your document as a disk file. PostScript language descriptions of documents can be useful for m creating document archives m printing documents without using the program that created them (at a service bureau, for example) m diagnosing printing problems You may also want to print an encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file. You can use EPS files to export single pages from one program to another. EPS files can include any combination of text, graphics, and images, but they do not describe complete documents. For example, by saving an EPS file, you can insert a page of a document created with one program as an illustration in a document created by another program. Note: PostScript files are normally ASCII text files that can be opened with any word-processing program. However, if you select the Send Data in Binary option in the PostScript Options dialog box, the PostScript files may include binary characters that make them unsuitable for use with a word processor. You can use either of two methods to create PostScript files. If your program’s Print dialog box has a Print to File checkbox, you can use this checkbox to create a PostScript file; this is the preferred method. Refer to your program documentation for information. If your program’s Print dialog box does not have a Print to File checkbox, however, you need to make temporary changes to your printer setup to create a PostScript file, as described next. Windows 3.1 and DOS Users Using the driver to print to a PostScript file Using the driver to print to a PostScript file is a three-step process. First, change your printer setup, then use your program to create the file, and finally reset your printer setup for normal printing. 1 Step 1: Changing your printer setup to print to a PostScript file From the Program Manager, open the Control Panel and double-click the Printers icon. The Printers dialog box appears. 2 If it is not already selected, select the name of the PostScript printer that you are using from the Installed Printers list. 3 Select Connect. The Connect dialog box appears. 4 Select FILE from the Ports list box. You may have to scroll through the list to find this selection. 5 Choose OK to close the Connect dialog box and return to the Printers dialog box. 6 Choose Setup. The driver Setup dialog box appears. 7 After changing (or confirming) your printer settings, choose OK to close the dialog box. Note: Choose settings in the PostScript Options dialog box that will produce a file that prints correctly on the destination printer. For example, select the “Use PostScript Level 2 Features” option if you are sure that you will be printing the file only on Level 2 printers, such as the LaserWriter 12/640 PS. If you plan to use a printer that does not support binary communication, disable the “Send Data in Binary” option. Selecting the “Optimize for Portability” option creates PostScript files that print successfully from different programs on a wide variety of printers and imaging devices; it is recommended that you enable this option. 8 Choose Close to close the Printers dialog box. 9 Choose Exit from the Settings menu to close the Control Panel. Your computer is now set up to create PostScript files when you choose the Print command from a Windows program. 222 Chapter 7 Step 2: Printing to a PostScript file 1 Start the program and open the document for which you want to create a PostScript file. 2 If necessary, select the Print Setup command from the File menu, change the settings as appropriate, and select OK. 3 Choose the Print command from the File menu. Your program’s Print dialog box appears. 4 Choose OK. A dialog box appears that asks you to name the file. 5 Enter a pathname and filename for the file. If you don’t specify a pathname, the PostScript file is placed in your program’s default directory. 6 Choose OK. The PostScript file is created, and you are returned to your program. Step 3: Restoring your printer setup options After creating PostScript files, you need to restore your original printer setup options before you can use your printer again. 1 From the Program Manager, open the Control Panel. 2 Double-click the Printers icon. The Printers dialog box appears. 3 If it is not already selected, select the printer model from the Installed Printers list. 4 ...