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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WINDOWS


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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a,
   2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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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.

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 1.10a 1.10b 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD
2.00b 2.00c title creator tiff w4wgraphics 6.00 wm_word w_nt

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