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Q81637: CTRL+D EOF Character in PostScript Print Job May Cause Error

Article: Q81637
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11 
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SUMMARY
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When you use a Windows-supported driver, PostScript-generated output always
starts and ends with a CTRL+D (ASCII 04) key sequence.

CTRL+D is an end-of-file (EOF) reset code used to ensure that the printer is set
correctly for the next print job. However, this character can cause a job not to
print through UNIX-based networks (for example, Banyan VINES, AT&T Star
Group, and Sun) and other printing-control software.

MORE INFORMATION
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Follow the appropriate procedure below to allow your print job to finish.

Windows 3.1 and 3.11
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1. Edit the WIN.INI file [ModelName,Port] section with an ASCII text editor,
  such as Windows Notepad.

  NOTE: When you install a PostScript printer for the first time, you must go
  into Printer Setup in Control Panel for this setting to work correctly.
  Simply installing the printer is not enough. The [ModelName,Port] section is
  not written into the WIN.INI file until you choose the Setup button in the
  Printers area of Control Panel.

2. Add the following:

  " CTRLD=0" (without the quotation marks)

  NOTE: The Options menu in the PostScript printer driver allows you to create
  encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. These files do not contain CTRL+D
  characters. EPS files do not contain any of the printer-specific instruction
  codes, which are sometimes necessary, that a PostScript file does. EPS files
  are primarily intended to be graphics or other output that is imported into
  another application and not printed directly.

Windows 3.0 and 3.0a
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The only way to eliminate the CTRL+D character from the PostScript file is to
create a PRN file, then load it into a text editor and manually remove the
character.


Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 postscript UNIX control diamond

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWin3xSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbWin300 kbWin300a kbWin310 kbWin311
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,3.1,3.11

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