Article: Q81637
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
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Last Modified: 07-DEC-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11
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SUMMARY
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When you use a Windows-supported driver, PostScript-generated output always
starts and ends with a CTRL+D (ASCII 04) key sequence.
CTRL+D is an end-of-file (EOF) reset code used to ensure that the printer is set
correctly for the next print job. However, this character can cause a job not to
print through UNIX-based networks (for example, Banyan VINES, AT&T Star
Group, and Sun) and other printing-control software.
MORE INFORMATION
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Follow the appropriate procedure below to allow your print job to finish.
Windows 3.1 and 3.11
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1. Edit the WIN.INI file [ModelName,Port] section with an ASCII text editor,
such as Windows Notepad.
NOTE: When you install a PostScript printer for the first time, you must go
into Printer Setup in Control Panel for this setting to work correctly.
Simply installing the printer is not enough. The [ModelName,Port] section is
not written into the WIN.INI file until you choose the Setup button in the
Printers area of Control Panel.
2. Add the following:
" CTRLD=0" (without the quotation marks)
NOTE: The Options menu in the PostScript printer driver allows you to create
encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. These files do not contain CTRL+D
characters. EPS files do not contain any of the printer-specific instruction
codes, which are sometimes necessary, that a PostScript file does. EPS files
are primarily intended to be graphics or other output that is imported into
another application and not printed directly.
Windows 3.0 and 3.0a
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The only way to eliminate the CTRL+D character from the PostScript file is to
create a PRN file, then load it into a text editor and manually remove the
character.
Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 postscript UNIX control diamond
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Keywords :
Technology : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
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