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Ahh.. well, all the PS printers I ahve worked with do one of two things with a plain text file. (1) they print it as plain text, or (2) they require you to set the printer into an emulation mode. A _proper_ PostScript file starts with a '%!', and if a file does not start with that, the interpreter should not treat it as PostScript. Many do, however, and it's a real bother. The other thing you can do with a PostScript priter is to send it a PS program that makes it emulate a line printer. Since PS is a language, this is not only possible, but is done often, to emulate other printers. -larry