Microsoft KB Archive/63458

HPGL Files from PC Express Not Printing Properly

PSS ID Number: Q63458 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

HPGL files created by the software package PC Express will not preview or print correctly when linked to Microsoft Word version 5.0. Either parts of the graphic or the whole graphic will not print at all.

This behavior occurs because PC Express includes a header in the HPGL file that contains escape codes that are used to set up the plotter for serial communications. Word does not understand this information and will not correctly interpret the rest of the graphic.

There are two methods to allow Word to import HPGL graphics that are created in PC Express. The first method is to use a file editor such as Norton Utilities or PC Tools to remove the first 72 bytes of the HPGL file. This removes the header that is causing Word to misinterpret the HPGL file.

The second method is to convert the HPGL file to a Lotus PIC file with the Word version 5.0 companion product Hijaak by Inset Systems and then import the Lotus PIC file.

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