Impress can't print to Postscript

users
#1

Using LibreOffice 5.0.6.2 under CentOS 7.x. Impress can only print to a
printer or to a PDF. Even though I specify printing to a Postscript file
via
File / Print / Options / Print to file
then
General / Properties / Device / Printer language type / Postscript (level
from driver)
then specify the file name as
foo.ps
the result is always a PDF. This is a big fail.

#2

Greetings,

This sounds to me to be less of a "fail" than a limitation, unless LO advertises that Impress will write a PostScript file format. Then it could be called a "fail" and should have a bug report submitted on it.

To get you going if you really must have PostScript, you might try pstoedit, a vector file format converter. http://www.pstoedit.net/ It may convert (external to LO) a PDF file to a PS file for you. I use it to convert a PostScript CAD drawing for printing to a DXF CAD drawing for editing in LibreCAD and it works fine for that. There may be other converters out there.

HTH.
Girvin Herr

#3

Hi Tedc:

  I did the similar process with a document with my printer HP-3050, and
it work well. At least in my printer I have some levels of Postscript to
select.

  The problem would be in your printer driver capacities. I use Ubuntu
14.04 LTS with Cups and HPlip (Both in the repositories of Ubuntu)

  Process that I did: Select Print in LibreOffice, then there select
Properties, there you can find Divice Option, and there you can select
Type of language of printer: Select Postscript. Then select Print to
File Option in Option Topic out of Properties ( In the main window ).

I hope this help,