Can't Export to EPS

I am working on a MacBook Pro. I have created a logo in
Freehand . It consists simply of type over a black box with a
silver no-fill rectangle as a border. I converted my fonts to
paths, grouped all of the pieces, and I tried to export the logo
(selected objects only) to Generic EPS. It seemed as though it was
working. There was no error message. However when I looked in the
Finder, the file was not there. I tried again, and was surprised
that I didn't even get a "replace this file?" error message. It
really looked like it processed the export, there's just no
exported file.
When that didn't work, I directed the program to export,
selected objects only, to Mac EPS, Photoshop3 EPS, etc. Nothing
worked. The file just doesn't export.
I work almost exclusively on the web. I export to JPEG files
all day long without a problem. I've even done BMPs without issue.
However, this logo is for a print project so I need to have a
vector image.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you think I need to
reinstall? I believe that I have the most up-to-date version of
Freehand.
Thanks in advance for your help.

>[...] I converted my fonts to paths, grouped all of the
pieces, and I tried
> to export the logo (selected objects only) to Generic
EPS. It seemed as
> though it was working. There was no error message.
However when I looked in
> the Finder, the file was not there.
What is the physical size of the artwork? Is it larger than
letter size? FH
writes a raster preview when exporting to EPS, and sometimes
chokes on very
large artwork. It's a memory management issue.
FH's EPS Exporter relies heavily on your default Postscript
printer when
writing an EPS. If you don't have a Postscript printer or
Postscript
interpreter such as Acrobat Pro installed, I suggest you set
up a virtual
Postscript formatting printer, select it as your default
printer, and try
again.
See this Apple technote for instructions.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34886
Judy Arndt

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