www.SheDumpedMe.net said:
Is there a freeware program that can enable me to print a file, but to a
.BMP file??
I know there is a program that allows me to do in the adobe acrobat
format... but I am hoping to find a program that saves it as a .bmp format
if possible.
Essentially.... all I want to do is hit print, then select the printer (i.e.
print as .bmp format)
PS: If that is not possible, please let me know the place to find the
freeware version to print in adobe acrobat format for the XP -- I now can't
remember where I saw that.
Thanks!!
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I like FreePDF from <
http://freepdfxp.de/fpx732.htm>. It's a nice and
easy PDF generator that gives you some nice saving options and has a
"combine with next" feature so you can print from one program, then
print from another, and another... and then have all the pages put
together in one PDF.
The site is in German, but the program is in English. Install
Ghostscript (download link on the site) and FreePDF. Once you do that,
you can add a hi-res tiff (and/or jpg) file print option that you can
use from any Windows program.
These graphic file printers take a bit of work to setup, but they're
great to have handy. I just used these today to create an image of a
page that I wanted to use as a background in a graphics program.
Here are the instructions. I've tested this on Win2K and XP.
1) Install Ghostscript. If you use the defaults, it will be in C:\GS.
If not, you will need to adapt the instructions to match your path.
You can get Ghostscript from:
<
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ghostscript/gs815w32.exe?download>
------Instructions for TIFF printer
2) Create a plain text file called TIFF.RSP with the following lines
and save it in C:\GS
-Ic:\gs\gs8.15;c:\gs\fonts
-sDEVICE=tiff24nc -r300x300
-dSAFER
3) Go to Start->Settings->Printers and choose "Add Printer"
4) Install a "Local Printer" but do NOT let Windows detect
plug-and-play
5) Choose "Create a new port" and select "Redirected Port" as the type
6) Give it the name of "TIFF:"
7) Pick a Postscript printer. I use the Apple Color LW 12/660 PS and
tell it to "Keep existing driver" (if it asks)
8) Change the printer name to "Tiff File". You probably don't want it
to be your default printer and you don't want to share it.
9) Don't print a test page, you aren't quite done yet. It should now
be listed in your printers list. You just need a couple more steps.
10) Right-Click on it and choose "Properties"
11) Go to the "Ports" tab and choose "Configure Port"
12) Enter
c:\gs\gs8.15\bin\gswin32c.exe
in the "redirect this port to the program" field.
13) Enter
@c:\gs\tiff.rsp -sOutputFile="%1%%02d.tif" -
in the "arguments for this program" field. Do NOT forget the
<space><dash> at the end. If you want a multipage TIFF instead of one
file per page, do not include the "%%02d" text.
14) Under "Output" select "Prompt for filename"
15) You are DONE! You can now pick "Tiff File" as a printer and it
will ask you what file name. If you want higher resolution, change the
"-r300x300" in the RSP file.
-------Instructions for JPG printer
2) Create a plain text file called JPG.RSP with the following lines and
save it in C:\GS
-Ic:\gs\gs8.15;c:\gs\fonts
-sDEVICE=jpeg -r300x300
-dJPEGQ=85
-dSAFER
3) Go to Start->Settings->Printers and choose "Add Printer"
4) Install a "Local Printer" but do NOT let Windows detect
plug-and-play
5) Choose "Create a new port" and select "Redirected Port" as the type
6) Give it the name of "JPG:"
7) Pick a Postscript printer. I use the Apple Color LW 12/660 PS and
tell it to "Keep existing driver" (if it asks)
8) Change the printer name to "JPG File". You probably don't want it
to be your default printer and you don't want to share it.
9) Don't print a test page, you aren't quite done yet. It should now
be listed in your printers list. You just need a couple more steps.
10) Right-Click on it and choose "Properties"
11) Go to the "Ports" tab and choose "Configure Port"
12) Enter
c:\gs\gs8.15\bin\gswin32c.exe
in the "redirect this port to the program" field.
13) Enter
@c:\gs\jpg.rsp -sOutputFile="%1%%02d.jpg" -
in the "arguments for this program" field. Do NOT forget the
<space><dash> at the end.
14) Under "Output" select "Prompt for filename"
15) You are DONE! You can now pick "JPG File" as a printer and it will
ask you what file name. If you want higher resolution, change the
"-r300x300" in the RSP file. You can change the JPG quality setting by
changing the "-dJPEGQ=85" line. 85 = 85% and 100 = best quality, but I
haven't noticed a difference (besides a much bigger file)
Eric
