Can't Create/Save/Print EPS

[DesRev1]

Crew,



I have a 4 page brochure I created in 1999 when I first came on with my present company, that turned out to be useful when updated to cover a current issue in our town...to now be mailed out to the entire community (10,000 residents.)



The commercial printer of course wants an EPS file.



I attempted the first stage of this EPS saving process, which is to install a PostScript driver, but then only got as far as Print Setup Properties in the second phase.



Since we don't have any such type printers at my company, I had followed the directions for installing a generic EPS version (Apple.) That went fine...but when I then go to select the EPS Printer in the beginning of the save as EPS process, the directions tell me to select the Post Script Tab in the Print Setup Properties dialog.



I don't *have* a PostScript Tab in my Print Setup Properties dialog.



What went wrong?



Thanks,



mark4man

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Publisher 2000

Windows 2000 Pro

 

[Mary Sauer]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH062524641033.aspx

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

Crew,



I have a 4 page brochure I created in 1999 when I first came on with my present
company, that turned out to be useful when updated to cover a current issue in our
town...to now be mailed out to the entire community (10,000 residents.)



The commercial printer of course wants an EPS file.



I attempted the first stage of this EPS saving process, which is to install a
PostScript driver, but then only got as far as Print Setup Properties in the second
phase.



Since we don't have any such type printers at my company, I had followed the
directions for installing a generic EPS version (Apple.) That went fine...but when I
then go to select the EPS Printer in the beginning of the save as EPS process, the
directions tell me to select the Post Script Tab in the Print Setup Properties
dialog.



I don't *have* a PostScript Tab in my Print Setup Properties dialog.



What went wrong?



Thanks,



mark4man

~~~~~~~~

Publisher 2000

Windows 2000 Pro

 

[Karel Van der peijl]

Dear Mary,

That is a good link.
but if we do preciesly as suggested, my document ( 2 x A4 with 16 pictures)
takes more then 2 hours !
Is there another way? Or is that the normal situation?

karel

below is what we did

1.. On the File menu, click Print.
2.. In the Name list, select the color printer or proofing device you want
to use.
3.. Click Advanced Print Settings, and then click the Separations tab.
4.. In the Output list, click Composite CMYK.
5.. On the Page Settings tab, choose the options you want.
6.. On the Graphics and Fonts tab, choose the options you want, and then
click OK.
7.. Click OK again.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Did you try one of the other post script printers?
Install the Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing printer driver
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010464291033.aspx

 

[Karel Van der peijl]

I will look in to that.
However I do not understand correctly ( I think).
I use adobe pdf to make the files.
What is Postscript doing better?
Is it as usefull as PDF?

Karel

 

[mark4man]

Mary,



Thanks. Great link...but unfortunately, it's for Publisher 2003 (I am
running 2000.)



Since the generic driver (Apple) doesn't work, I am now attempting to
install one of Publisher's two commercial printer drivers. If I follow the
Help guidelines from the program (which are almost identical to the MS
informational you provided), it tells me:

1.. Double-click "Add Printer", and then click "Next".
2.. Click "Have Disk", and then click "Browse".
3.. In the "File Name" box, click "Mspub.inf" to install Publisher's
Imagesetter printer driver for commercial offset printing.
-Or-
Click "Printer.inf" to install Publisher's color printer driver for
digital color commercial printing.
I select MSPUB.INF & continue. Everything goes fine (save for the warning
about unsigned drivers)...but just prior to successful driver installation,
a window pops up stating: "Files Needed: The File: PSCRIPT.DLL is
needed...Type the path where the file is located & click OK."



Well, I've looked everywhere on my hard drive & also on the Publisher
installation disk...& it's nowhere to be found.



Which way do I turn now?



Thanks very much,



mark4man

 

[Karel Van der peijl]

Google comes up with this link.
I hope this will help.
Karel
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http://www.digitalissues.co.uk/html/os/ms/2000psinf.html

 

[Karel Van der peijl]

Dear mary,

The printer driver works OK.
The only thing I noticed:
If I have a larg file (A4 size with many pictures) there are print overflows
and Pub doesnot show that. It is running the whole page, but not saved on
the disk.
My question:
Is there a maximum pages / or MB 's Publisher can handle?
Or......
Is it using a temp file ( what I can change)

Regards,
Karel

 

[Mary Sauer]

The file should be here (type this address in Windows Explorer)

%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\spool\drivers\

or here
C:\WINNT\system32\spool\drivers

Go to Adobe and download one of their drivers.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=44&platform=Windows

 

[Karel Van der peijl]

I have changed it.
The file of 3 pages shows 350.000 kb in Postscript.
If I set pub. to print page 1 till 10, I still have the same problem.
Maybe something to look in for next versions?
I noticed on the internet a lot of people having the same situations.
Waiting for Pub to convert large files is taking long.
I do not think theere are much other options.
Maybe a commercial printer can review this again?

Thank you for the support,
Karel

 

[websmoker]

Dear Mary,

I heve send the testfile to the commercial printer.
He told me it is not a cmyk file.
It has only added information of ICC profile?

So:
I go to printer, choose postscript and save the file.
After that I open distiller and let it distill the file to PDF.
It seems there is the same adobe setiings.
I checked all the file options.

Sorry
Karel

 

[Mac Townsend]

The easiest (and I think, the most reliable way) of getting an eps is to (
1) print to PostScript (2) distill the PostScript file to a PDF using
the proper press job options, (3) From Acrobat "Save As" eps, Postscript
level 1, with preview.

This gives you a good, solid eps that will work very well on any
platform. This is assuming your colorspaces are set correctly (
especially not feeding them an RGB color file) and the file and the
components used in it are properly configured in the first place. A PDF (
or an eps) cannot change ca-ca to a golden egg.

An eps file can consist of only one page. More than one page is illegal
in an EPS file. So you will get multiple eps files (they will be
numbered) from a multi page PostScript/PDF file.

You realize, of course, that your printer is going to take your EPS and
drop it into Quark to print it out (and if there's a problem they will
blame you whereas very often it is their fault) because that's about all
that these small shops who just recently got into digital workflows (or
who never progressed beyond first grade in the prepress business) know.