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How Do I Print a ".prn" file?
I used "Print to File" in the Print dialogue to generate
a ".prn" file. Now, I want to print that file. Intuitively, I suspected you would simply drop the file on a printer and away we'd go... but instead Windows tells me it doesn't know how to print a .prn file and to try to open it from the application that created it. Does anyone know how to actually print a ".prn" file? |
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How Do I Print a ".prn" file?
When you drop a file on a printer, that is an instruction to Windows to use
the "Action" called "Print" defined for files with whatever extension the file has. The message you are getting is telling you that there is no "Print" function defined for the program "associated" with files with a prn extension, which is normal. By default, the prn extension' "Open" Action is associated with Notepad, so if you double click on such a file, it will "Open" in Notepad. But there is no "Print" Action defined for prn files. You could add one, but I don't think it would be much use to you. prn files constructed by "Print to File" contain a print stream ready for printing which is the output from a print driver. Almost any Windows program (e.g. Notepad) that might print such a file will most likely result in having all the printer control commands printed rather than being acted on by the printer - you would probably get a whole lot of gobldeegook. Try: 1. open a Command Prompt window 2. type the command copy path\filename.prn lpt1: -- Bruce Sanderson MVP It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "Gary" wrote in message ... I used "Print to File" in the Print dialogue to generate a ".prn" file. Now, I want to print that file. Intuitively, I suspected you would simply drop the file on a printer and away we'd go... but instead Windows tells me it doesn't know how to print a .prn file and to try to open it from the application that created it. Does anyone know how to actually print a ".prn" file? |
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How Do I Print a ".prn" file?
From the command prompt type:
copy filename.prn \\yourcomputername\yourprinterssharename This assumes the printer is shared. We also have a tool on our web site called FRP which does the same thing from a Windows program, see the link below. -- Tony Edgecombe www.frogmorecs.com/ng Software for printing "Gary" wrote in message ... I used "Print to File" in the Print dialogue to generate a ".prn" file. Now, I want to print that file. Intuitively, I suspected you would simply drop the file on a printer and away we'd go... but instead Windows tells me it doesn't know how to print a .prn file and to try to open it from the application that created it. Does anyone know how to actually print a ".prn" file? |
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