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Printing to a PostScript printer

PostScript is a page-description language that sends printing instructions to a PostScript device. All the elements in a print job (for example, curves and text) are represented by lines of PostScript code that the printing device uses to produce the document. For improved compatibility you can choose a device independent PostScript device. You can also select a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file. A PostScript Printer Description file describes the capabilities and features of your PostScript printer and is available from your printer’s manufacturer.

You can print to a PostScript printing device. To ensure that a print job prints properly on a PostScript Level 1 device, you can test for potential issues such as complex graphics and banding in fountain fills.

To ensure that your print jobs print properly, you can reduce curve complexity by increasing flatness. Curve flatness determines how smooth a curve appears when printed.

A print job that contains too many fonts may not print properly, and a print job that contains too many spot colors increases file size. You can set the PostScript options to warn you when a print job contains more than a set number of fonts or spot colors. You can specify the maximum number of bitmap fonts that a print job can contain.


To select a PostScript Printer Description file

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Print.
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Click the General tab.
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Choose a PostScript printer from the Name list box.
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Enable the Use PPD check box.
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Choose the folder where the file is stored.
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Double-click the filename.

To print to a PostScript device

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Print.
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Click the General tab.
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Choose a PostScript printer from the Name list box.
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Click the PostScript tab.
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From the list box in the Compatibility area, choose the PostScript level that corresponds to the printer.
If you want to compress bitmaps when printing, enable the Use JPEG compression check box in the Bitmaps area, and move the JPEG quality slider.

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Bitmap compression settings can be saved in PostScript Interpreted (PS or PRN) files when you print to a file using a PostScript driver. For information about printing to a file, see “To print to a file.”

To test for complex graphics

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Print.
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Click the Issues tab.
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Click Settings.
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Double-click Printing.
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Enable any of the following check boxes:
Text with texture fills (PS Level1 Only)
Bitmaps in complex clipping paths (PS Level1 only)
Texture fills in complex objects (PS Level1 only)
Complex clipping regions (PS Level1 only)
Objects with outline having many nodes (PS Level1 only)
Objects with outline and fill having many nodes (PS Level1 only)

To test fountain fills for banding

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Print.
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Click the Issues tab.
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Click Settings.
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Double-click Printing.
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Enable the Banded fountain fills check box.

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Testing fountain fills for banding applies only to linear fountain fills.

To reduce curve complexity

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Print.
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Click the PostScript tab.
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Type a value in the Set flatness to box.

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As the flatness increases, curves begin to appear as connected straight lines.

To set color separations and font warning options

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Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Global, and click Printing.
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Choose Spot color separations warning from the Option list.
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Choose one of the following from the Setting list box:
If any spot colors are used
If more than 1 spot color used
If more than 2 spot colors used
If more than 3 spot colors used
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Choose Many fonts (preflight) from the Option list, and choose a number from the Setting list box that appears.

To choose the maximum number of bitmap fonts

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Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Printing to a PostScript printer Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Global, and click Printing.
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Choose Bitmap font limit (PS) from the Option list.
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Choose a value from the Settings list box.
If you want to set a maximum bitmap font size, choose a font size from the Bitmap font size threshold (PS) list box.

Printing to a PostScript printer