Microsoft KB Archive/104693

Word Prints EPS Header to PostScript Printer Under Windows NT PSS ID Number: Q104693 Article last modified on 12-29-1993

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= SYMPTOMS =

If you are running Word for Windows under Windows NT and you print an Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) graphic from Word to a PostScript printer, the graphic does not print. In its place, the EPS header text or the EPS preview bitmap (if available) prints instead.

= CAUSE =

Windows NT does not notify Word whether the current printer is PostScript or non-PostScript. As a result, Word assumes the printer is not PostScript and sends the non-PostScript version of the graphic (the preview bitmap or the EPS header text) instead of the EPS code.

This affects all 16-bit, Windows-based applications that use printer type information to print correctly.

= STATUS =

We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Word prints EPS graphic files in one of the following ways, depending on the printer type and whether your graphic contains a preview image:


 * On a PostScript printer, Word uses the PostScript code in the EPS graphic to render the image on the printed page.
 * On a non-PostScript printer, if your EPS graphic does not include a preview image, Word displays and prints a thin box that contains text information from the file header.
 * On a non-PostScript printer, if your EPS graphic includes a preview image, Word displays and prints the preview image, which is usually a TIFF bitmap.

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