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6 In the Save As dialog box, enter a name and location for the PostScript file, and click
Save. Use .ps as the filename extension (for example, myfile.ps).
Tips on creating PostScript files
Because Print dialog boxes can vary from application to application, it is difficult to
provide specific instructions for creating a PostScript file from each application. For
specific instructions on creating a PostScript file from the application you are using, see
the application's documentation.
Keep the following guidelines in mind when creating PostScript files:
Give a PostScript file the same name as the original document, but with the
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extension.ps. When Distiller creates the Adobe PDF file, it replaces the .ps extension
with .pdf.This makes it easy to keep track of the original, PostScript, and PDF versions of
a document.
Color and custom page sizes are available if you use one of the Acrobat Distiller 4.0 (or
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later) PPDs. Choosing a PPD from some other printer may result in PDF files that do not
contain appropriate color, font, or page size information. In other words, if your source
document is intended for PDF rather than directly for print, use the AdobePS printer
driver and the Acrobat Distiller PPD to create your PostScript files.
To create PDF files with custom page sizes, select a printer that supports custom sizes.
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The Acrobat Distiller PPDs support custom page sizes.
When using FTP to transfer PostScript files between computers, especially if the
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platforms are different, send the files as 8-bit binary data to avoid conversion of line
feeds to carriage returns or vice versa.
In Mac OS, do not select Substitute Fonts, Smooth Text, or Smooth Graphics in the
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PostScript Options panel of the Page Setup dialog box. If you select these options, the
printer driver smooths graphics by adding many tiny images to the document.This may
result in a large PDF file that takes a long time to display and print. (These options may
be selected by default.)
The file Pdfmrkex.ps is a PostScript file that has examples of how to create various
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markers for such things as cropping pages, adding comments, and creating text in
articles directly in the PostScript file.This file is located in the Acrobat/Distiller/Xtras
folder and can be viewed in a text editor.You need to be familiar with the PostScript
language to use this file. See the related technical note on your Acrobat CD for more
information.
Creating Adobe PDF files from PostScript files
You can convert a PostScript file to Adobe PDF by opening the PostScript file in Distiller,
dragging the file onto the Distiller icon or into the Distiller window, placing the PostScript
file in a watched folder (see
Distiller and file pathnames in the Run dialog box in Windows. Distiller converts the file to
Adobe PDF using the current set of job options.
While Distiller converts a PostScript file to Adobe PDF, the Distiller window shows infor-
mation about the job:
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