Installing PostScript drivers

If you want to use the distill method for saving DataWindows as PDF, you must have a PostScript printer or printer driver installed on your system. If you do not, use the Windows Add Printer wizard to add a PostScript printer. If you have never installed a PostScript printer, the Microsoft pscript5.dll file, which is required to add a PostScript printer, may not be available on your computer. You may be prompted to insert a Windows operating system installation CD.

StepsTo add a PostScript printer to your printer settings:

  1. Select Settings>Printers from the Windows Start menu.

  2. Double-click Add Printer.

  3. Specify a local printer.

  4. Specify FILE: as the port.

  5. Select a manufacturer (such as HP) and a printer with the designation PS (such as HP Color LaserJet PS or HP LaserJet 4/4M Plus PS 600).

  6. Accept the default name or enter a shorter name for the printer.

  7. Complete the wizard.

StepsTo use the print driver in the DataWindow painter:

  1. Select the Distill Custom PostScript check box on the Data Export property page for PDF export.

  2. Specify the printer name (from step 6 in the previous procedure) as the Printer Name on the Print Specifications page.

StepsTo use the print driver in a script:

  1. Set the Distill.CustomPostScript and Printer properties.

    For example:

               dw_1.Object.DataWindow.Export.PDF.Distill.CustomPostScript=1
    
               dw_1.Object.DataWindow.Printer="HP LaserJet 4/4M Plus PS 600"