Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer?

From	Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.postscript
Subject	Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer?
Date	2021-04-20 19:48 +0000
Organization	Some absurd concept
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In comp.lang.postscript,
Jean-Pierre Coulon  <coulon@cacas.pam.obs-nice.fr> wrote:
> If I have a PostScript printer installed, with Acrobat Reader I can say 
> Print to a file when I print something with this printer, to obtain a 
> PostScript file.
> 
> But Word, Excel and Powerpoint do not offer the Print to file option.
> How can I work around?

What OS? On Unix (eg Linux and Mac) you can -- with difficulty -- "tee"
off a copy of the Postscript sent to the printer. On Windows, I do not
know.

I do know that on Windows you can install a "print to PDF" printer
driver, and very likely you could install a "print to PS" printer
driver. PS and PDF are very similar, so there's also the option of
converting a print to PDF file to PS.

I found this in ten seconds of searching:

https://www.file-extensions.org/article/how-to-install-a-virtual-postscript-printer-in-windows

Elijah
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uses print to PDF on Windows extensively with taxes

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How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer? Jean-Pierre Coulon <coulon@cacas.pam.obs-nice.fr> - 2021-04-20 20:47 +0200
  Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-20 19:48 +0000
    Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer? John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2021-04-21 03:26 +0000
      Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer? Jean-Pierre Coulon <coulon@cacas.pam.oca.eu> - 2021-04-22 08:36 +0200
  Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer? ken <ken@spamcop.net> - 2021-04-21 07:58 +0100
    Re: How can I save a PostScript with a PostScript printer? Jean-Pierre Coulon <coulon@cacas.pam.oca.eu> - 2021-04-21 11:02 +0200

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