Creating Postscript or Acrobat files
How do I save a figure as a Postscript (.eps) file?
Instead of using "Save As" to make an .EPS file, you probably want to
"Print to File." You can do this from almost any Windows program.
First, you need to install a Postscript printer driver and set it to print
to a file, rather than to a printer port. Here are the steps for Windows
2000:
- choose Start / Settings / Printers / Add Printer
- select "Local Printer"
- for "Port" choose "FILE:" (Print to File)
- choose any Postscript printer. For example, try HP's HP Laserjet
5P/5MP Postscript
Then in your application, choose File/Print and select your new Postscript
printer. Press "Print." You'll be prompted for the name of the output
.EPS file that you will be creating.
One caveat: if you choose an HP Postscript printer driver you may have
difficulty printing the .EPS file on a non-HP printer. That's
because HP adds some special codes at the beginning and end of the file.
If you need to print to a non-HP printer you can delete the first 3
and last 2 lines of the .EPS file to overcome this problem, so that the
.EPS file begins with the line %!PS-Adobe-3.0
and ends with %%EOF.
How can I create an Acrobat (.pdf) file?
Try using Adobe Pagemaker, installed on computer "W" in 44 Giannini.
updated May 2001/mgh