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PRINT TO FILE
Creating output files for printers, fax modems,
and other programs
The Concept
Using New Deal software you can create a file that can be used by other
programs. You can then use these other programs to read, print, and fax
documents created in New Deal applications. You can even take your output
files to other machines like the one at the local copy shop to get high
quality color documents.
Setting up New Deal software to print to file for faxing
- Find out if your fax software can send files
formatted for a specific printer. The manual for your fax software
will tell you what file formats are supported.
- In New Deal Preferences click on the Printer button. Click on the New
button. Choose the printer whose format your fax software supports. Under
the Port section, scroll down until you see the "To File" selection.
Click on To File. This sets up New Deal to always print to
a file when you select this printer.
- Click on OK to install the printer. Click
on Close to exit the Printer dialog box.
- Close Preferences by choosing Exit from
the File menu, or by doubleclicking on the Close Box in the
upper left corner.
Printing on a remote PostScript printer
You can print your New Deal documents to a PostScript file,
which can then be printed on any PostScript compatible printer. Most
desktop publishing services and service bureaus have PostScript compatible
color laser printers available for customers to use.
- Using New Deal Preferences, install the PostScript printer driver
corresponding to the printer on which you intend to print. If you are going to an outside agency, follow
their advice about which driver to install. (Note: The version
numbers next to the driver names in Preferences refer to versions of
PostScript.)
- After creating the document, Open the File menu
and choose Print. If the correct printer driver is not displayed,
click on the list to choose it. Click the Options button. Click to choose
the "File" option under "Print to:". Click OK.
- When you click the "Print to
File" button, another dialog box will appear asking where on
your hard drive you wish to place the file and what you would like to
name it. The default filename is UNNAMED.RAW. The default directory
is your Document folder. We recommend that you print the file to your
hard drive. You can copy it to a floppy disk afterwards using
NewManager, if you wish. If you need help copying files, please
consult your manual.
- To print the file, simply copy it to the printer port. That is,
if the PostScript printer is attached to the standard printer port,
LPT1, and your file is on a floppy diskette in the A drive, you would
enter this command at the DOS prompt:
COPY A:UNNAMED.RAW
The file can be transferred to any print shop for PostScript
printing. Almost every print shop can print this file. You
may want to ask the print shop to print a test page just to make sure it
can handle the PostScript file from our software before attempting a large
project.
There have been unconfirmed reports that our PostScript print to file
adds a non-ASCII character at the very end of the file that causes some
printers to complain. If it's true, then one work around is to text-edit
the file and remove the offending character.
Where's my file?
When you print to file, if the file does not immediately show up in
NewManager, try clicking on Rescan Drives in the Disk menu.
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