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psi · May 31st, 2009

Hey Guys,

I have seen throughout these posts that people have been exporting a PS file from Photoshop.

I have been printing to PS files from Illustrator for ages but haven't got the option of printing to a postscript file in Photoshop.

Should I print to a PDF and enter all the details in the "Output" dialogue....and then open that in GhostView?

Thanks

Naga · May 31st, 2009

To use postscript output with separations,
change to CMYK
start the print dialog
check Show More Mptions
choose Color Management in the Output/Color Management dialog
under Print Space, choose Separations (only available, when your image is in CMYK)
go to Output dropdown and choose your output option
choose printer and print

psi · May 31st, 2009

Here is the spanner....

We don't use this for printing out CMYK seps. We don't do full colour work at all. It is only for outputting single colour greyscale images.

So converting to CMYK won't work for me because I need to keep the image greyscale.

Naga · May 31st, 2009

When you have pressed the Print button, you get a second print dialog, where you can choose "Print to file".
I just tried it on an image, that I converted to grayscale.
It works for me. (PS7.1 on XP)

psi · May 31st, 2009

Great...thanks....will try.

Thanks Naga

Solmu · June 1st, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by customprintz


	If your printer has postscript do you still need Ghostscript and Ghostview??

Depends if it's full postscript level 3 (in which case, no you don't) or a modern crappy emulated postscript (in which case, yes you do).

If the printer's old or high end it might be fine. If it's a modern consumer printer, it's extremely unlikely.

customprintz · June 1st, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solmu


	Depends if it's full postscript level 3 (in which case, no you don't) or a modern crappy emulated postscript (in which case, yes you do). If the printer's old or high end it might be fine. If it's a modern consumer printer, it's extremely unlikely.

i am using a HP 5100tn an printing on folex laserfilm. I think it has postscript level 3, but Might only work for Windows but i use a Mac.

suomaf · June 22nd, 2009

Hey guys,

Great tutorial, and I got a lot of information with this, quick question. If I wanted to do a 4 color process together using ghostview do I have to follow these steps outlined in Full Color Screen Printing with Photoshop Screensilk THEN print it color by color using ghostview or would i be ok just doing it directly using photoshop and fiddling in the postscript print options to separate the angles and such?

Cheers,

Suo

tpitman · June 23rd, 2009

No. If you're using Ghostscript/Ghostview, you don't follow the instructions at that site. That's a way to generate halftones without using a postscript printer or a RIP such as Ghostscript. What you'll do using Ghostscript/Ghostview is to do all of your separating in the Photoshop print dialog box, as you've indicated, specifying separations, then screen angle, dot shape, and frequency, then print the job to file, then open that file in Ghostview. Ghostscript handles all of the postscript info.

ole Jobe · June 23rd, 2009

With later versions of Corel, you will get a generic printer driver (in X4 it is "intuit interal printer"). You can use this instead of downloading a HP postscript printer driver.

tpitman · June 23rd, 2009

Also, if you have Adobe's Creative Suite, you'll find that there's an "printer" named Adobe PDF. That's what I use for everything, since there are no fixed output sizes such as Letter, Tabloid, etc. Maybe it's in there if all you have is Photoshop.

suomaf · June 24th, 2009

Hey guys,

So I finally got round to testing it and I am facing some problems, it seems that no matter what settings i do, my output still prints the same size in halftones. Is there anyone who uses photoshop + ghostscript/view that might be able to guide me?

Cheers,

Suo

tpitman · June 24th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by suomaf


	Hey guys, So I finally got round to testing it and I am facing some problems, it seems that no matter what settings i do, my output still prints the same size in halftones. Is there anyone who uses photoshop + ghostscript/view that might be able to guide me? Cheers, Suo

What settings are you using in the Photoshop separations dialog box when you go to "print"?

justme54s · August 16th, 2009

Top man!! Thanks for this invaluable info.

lisafilter · 4 Weeks Ago

Hey guys -

Sorry to bump a really old thread, but i figured that'd be better than creating another thread.

So here is the deal:

I have an Epson Stylus 3000, Ghostscript, and GS View.

I open my grayscale file in illustrator, and open the print dialog:

Printer: Adobe PostScript File
PPD: Epson Stylus Color 300

Under the output menu in print dialog:

Mode: Seperations (Host-Based)

But here is where I have problems - under document ink options, I see all the options for Process C M Y and K, and i can adjust frequency and angle, but I can't adjust dot shape. Its set on 'default halftone', and the option to change it is grayed out. I want to print elliptical but I don't have the option.

Now when I first tried this, there was no "Epson Stylus color 3000" under the PPD field in the print dialog in Illustrator. I had to go and download the one from this page : OpenPrinting database - Printer: Epson Stylus Color 3000
I'm not sure if a different PPD would give me an option on dot shape, but its the only thing I could think of.

Can anyone help me out with this? I've printed the file created using the 'default halftone' option and it looks like little squares/pixels on the acetate, not actual dots.

I've also tried to get halftones working using this link : Powered by Google Docs

But I can't get that to work either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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