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HP traditional print drivers for Windows ● PostScript output format ● PostScript header ● Print PostScript error information ● PostScript timeout values ● Advanced PostScript output format The PostScript output format list allows you to specify the format for PostScript files. The following options are available: ● PostScript (optimize for speed). Use this setting for printing most documents. ● Optimize for Portability. Use this setting to create a file that conforms to the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (ADSC). Each page of the document will be a self-contained object. This is useful, for instance, if you want to create a PostScript file and print it on a different printer. ● Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). Use this setting to include the file as an image in another document that is to be printed from a different program. ● Archive Format. Use this setting to create a PostScript file that you can use later. ● PJL archive format. This setting notifies the printer that the document is being printed in a different printer language. PostScript header Use the PostScript header options to specify whether to send header information to the printer each time you print a document. The following options are available: ● Download header with each print job. This is the default setting and is sufficient or most types of printing. Use this setting if you print to a shared network printer or to a file on a disk. ● Assume header is downloaded and retained. If you print to a local printer, you can save printing time by sending the header information to your printer only once. ● Send Header Now. Click this button to send header information to the printer. This option is unavailable when you specify EPS, Archive, or PJL Archive formats. Print PostScript error information Use the Send PostScript error information option to print PostScript error messages after your document has been printed. The PostScript printer driver can detect certain errors that Microsoft Windows cannot. If you are having printing problems, click this option. This information can help you, a system administrator, or a printer-support representative determine what caused the problem. The error message information is not included in EPS format. ENWW HP Traditional Postscript 3 Emulation Driver features 155

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PostScript output format
PostScript header
Print PostScript error information
PostScript timeout values
Advanced
PostScript output format
The
PostScript output format
list allows you to specify the format for PostScript files. The following
options are available:
PostScript (optimize for speed)
. Use this setting for printing most documents.
Optimize for Portability
. Use this setting to create a file that conforms to the Adobe Document
Structuring Conventions (ADSC). Each page of the document will be a self-contained object. This
is useful, for instance, if you want to create a PostScript file and print it on a different printer.
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
. Use this setting to include the file as an image in another
document that is to be printed from a different program.
Archive Format
. Use this setting to create a PostScript file that you can use later.
PJL archive format
. This setting notifies the printer that the document is being printed in a different
printer language.
PostScript header
Use the
PostScript header
options to specify whether to send header information to the printer each
time you print a document. The following options are available:
Download header with each print job
. This is the default setting and is sufficient or most types
of printing. Use this setting if you print to a shared network printer or to a file on a disk.
Assume header is downloaded and retained
. If you print to a local printer, you can save printing
time by sending the header information to your printer only once.
Send Header Now
. Click this button to send header information to the printer. This option is
unavailable when you specify
EPS
,
Archive
, or
PJL Archive
formats.
Print PostScript error information
Use the
Send PostScript error information
option to print PostScript error messages after your
document has been printed. The PostScript printer driver can detect certain errors that Microsoft
Windows cannot. If you are having printing problems, click this option. This information can help you, a
system administrator, or a printer-support representative determine what caused the problem. The error
message information is not included in EPS format.
ENWW
HP Traditional Postscript 3 Emulation Driver features
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