You can send PostScript programming strings to your printer by inserting PRINT fields in the document text. Microsoft Word sends the commands to the printer as native PostScript codes. PostScript commands embedded in your document are carried out in the order in which you insert them. Use the following syntax:
{ PRINT \p Group "Codes" }
The y-coordinate space used for PostScript commands in Word is the same as for normal PostScript. The graphics origin (0,0) is in the lower-left corner of the page, and the positive directions are up and to the right. PostScript drawing instructions take place within a drawing rectangle. The graphics origin is translated to the lower-left corner of the drawing rectangle.
Instructions- \p Group
- Defines the drawing rectangle that the subsequent PostScript instructions operate on.
- "Codes"
- PostScript instructions. If the instructions contain more than one word, enclose them in quotation marks.
Note To print PostScript over text, click the Options command on the Tools menu, click the Print tab, and then select the Print PostScript over text check box.
Note The PRINT field works well with a PostScript printer or a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer, but it may not work properly with another type of laser printer. The PRINT field works with a dot-matrix printer only if the printer supports the PassThrough command.