Print to file

[Garry]

I understand that I can print a job to a file instead of directly going to
the printer (HP4000)
I can then at a later date drag the file to the HP4000 printer icon and the
job will print.
Have managed the print to file bit. The next stage comes with an error
message,
PLEASE OPEN WITH THE APPLICATION THAT CREATED THIS FILE. Anyone with any
thoughts. Regards

[Raoul]

My approach (which works with .prn files) is to create a bat file as
follows:

copy %1 lpt1 /b

Then I modified the SEND TO panel and added one that says 'Send to LPT1'

When ready, I Right Click on the .prn file and select Send to LPT1

HTH


"Garry" > wrote in message
...
> I understand that I can print a job to a file instead of directly going to
> the printer (HP4000)
> I can then at a later date drag the file to the HP4000 printer icon and
the
> job will print.
> Have managed the print to file bit. The next stage comes with an error
> message,
> PLEASE OPEN WITH THE APPLICATION THAT CREATED THIS FILE. Anyone with any
> thoughts. Regards
>
>

[Tony Edgecombe]

Garry,

It depends on what you want to do next, if you want to view the raw
file then you will need to use a PCL Viewer, just search on google for
PCL Viewer and several will turn up.

If you are looking to extract any useful information from it then try
doing the same thing again but instead of using the HP printer create
a Generic Text printer (comes with Windows) and print to a file with
an extension of .txt.

If you just want to reprint it then you can do this from the command
line, just type:

copy filename.prn \\ComputerName\PrinterShareName

This assumes the printer is shared.

We also have a couple of tools on our web site for capturing and
reprinting prn files, see www.frogmorecs.com/ng

Regards

Tony Edgecombe
www.frogmorecs.com
Software for printing


"Garry" > wrote in message >...
> I understand that I can print a job to a file instead of directly going to
> the printer (HP4000)
> I can then at a later date drag the file to the HP4000 printer icon and the
> job will print.
> Have managed the print to file bit. The next stage comes with an error
> message,
> PLEASE OPEN WITH THE APPLICATION THAT CREATED THIS FILE. Anyone with any
> thoughts. Regards