How to Create a Postscript File

To create a postscript file you must have a postscript printer driver installed on your PC. You can open and then print your document to see the dialog box with a "Print to file" option. Clicking this option with a postscript printer driver installed creates a postscript file. If you have Adobe Illustrator you can also use the save options in this software to create a postscript file. Simply open your Illustrator document and save it as a postscript file instead of an Adobe Illustrator formatted file.

Instructions

Create a Postscript File on the PC

1. Click "Start" and then select "Printers and Faxes" and the "Printer and Faxes" dialog box is displayed.

2. Click "Add Printer" and the "Add Printer Wizard" is displayed.

3. Click the radio button "Local printer attached to this computer" and then click "Next."

4. Click the "Use the following port:" radio button and select LPT1 port from the drop down menu and then click "Next."

5. Click on the printer "Manufacturer" and the software printer drivers for that manufacturer are displayed in the "Printers" section.

6. Click the postscript printer driver for that printer and click "Next."

7. Click "Next" again to use the default printer name or type a name in the "Printer name:" section and then click "Next."

8. Click the "No" radio button to stop test page printing, click "Next" and then "Finish" to install the postscript printer driver.

9. Open a document and click "File" and then "Print" and the "Print" dialog box is displayed.

10. Click the "Print to file" box; a check mark shows in the box after you click it.

11. Click "Print" and if prompted specify the "File name:" and "Folders:" location for the file you are saving. Click "OK" and your postscript file is created.

Create a Postscript File with Adobe Illustrator

1. Open a document in Adobe Illustrator.

2. Click "File" and then "Save As" and the "Save As" dialog box is displayed.

3. Click the "Save as type:" drop down menu and select "Illustrator EPS (*.EPS)."

4. Click "Save" and you now have a postscript file created using Adobe Illustrator.

References

• Hawaii University: Create a Postscript File on a PC
• Adobe: Create a Postscript File in Illustrator

Resources

• Adobe: Adobe and Postscript Files
• Harvard University: Create a Postscript file in Photoshop (Mac OS and Windows XP)