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Print .prn files to USB printer in W2k?

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Name: Bruce
Date: October 2, 2001 at 15:00:58 Pacific
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What is the command to print .prn files to a printer in Win2k? I've seen the following for parallel port printers:

copy filename.prn lpt1 /b

where lpt1 is the parallel port.



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Name: Manolo
Date: October 3, 2001 at 01:11:47 Pacific
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I think you must have a postscript printer. If you haven't, you can install one of them (i.e. Xerox Docutech PS2) and select to print in a file (not lpt1). Then, the generated files can be renamed to *.ps and viewed and printed with Ghostview or another postscript viewer-printer package in any printer, postscript or not.

I hope this help you. Bye


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Name: John
Date: November 5, 2001 at 22:38:04 Pacific
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Although Microsoft has several Knowledge Base articles on the subject of PRN files, the best utility I've found is called "PRNter v1.0" by Lee Tet Woo. It's FREE (woo-hoo!) and requires no installation. Just download the one file and run it. Then you use a standard "file open" window to select the PRN file to print, then you select which printer to send it to (it gives you a list of all printers your printers folder), then click "Print"! That's it, so simple! It works for USB printers, network printers, etc!


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