Print to Encapsulated PostScript File Option Disabled

• Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SUMMARY

The Windows NT PostScript printer driver user interface has an option to force all jobs sent to a particular PostScript printer to be converted to an encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file instead of being sent to the print device. This option is disabled (grayed out) and cannot be enabled.

MORE INFORMATION

To view this option, create a PostScript printer in Print Manager, select this printer, and choose the Properties option from the Printer menu. Next, select the Details button, then select the Job Defaults button, then select the Options button. In the Print To dialog box, the option that indicates a choice of printing to Printer or Encapsulated PostScript File is permanently set to Printer; the Encapsulated PostScript File option is unavailable.

This option was built into previous Windows PostScript drivers to let people generate EPS graphics from any application, including applications like Notepad that do not natively have code to create EPS graphics. This was an important feature in earlier versions of Windows, when few applications could create EPS graphics natively. Today, most people who want to generate EPS graphics use more sophisticated applications that can generate these graphics by themselves.