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Printing, Faxing and Scanning with Vista A forum for using printers, scanners and fx with Windows Vista. (microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan) |
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Print-To-file
=?Utf-8?B?VGltIFR1cm5lcg==?= wrote in
: How do you print a Print-To-File item? I assume that you mean that you have printed to a file and now want to print it? If so there are various ways to do this - the simplest way is to use Explorer to drag and drop the file to the correct print queue. Judy |
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Print-To-file
Judy,
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I have tried that and get the following message. This file cannot be printed. Please try opening the file with the vorrect application and printing from there. Can't do that either as it trys to add all of the printer controls again. So far the only solution I have found is to drop to dos and copy to the print queue. Was just hoping there was an easier way. Thanks again Tim -- Timothy J. Turner "Judy Booth" wrote: =?Utf-8?B?VGltIFR1cm5lcg==?= wrote in : How do you print a Print-To-File item? I assume that you mean that you have printed to a file and now want to print it? If so there are various ways to do this - the simplest way is to use Explorer to drag and drop the file to the correct print queue. Judy |
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Generic Text Printer
Curiosity Question: Does Vista still have a generic text printer driver? Can
it print to disk? Has it been improved any since the Win95 one that's been a burr in our shorts for eleven years? |
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Generic Text Printer
Frank,
Not sure what you are asking. I am trying to use print-to-file in Windows XP. I don't know about Vista, but Windows XP sure doesn't have a generic printer. Also, if all you have is netwrok printers like us then even the DOS solution is more complicated. You have to assign a network printer to lpt1 using the net use command. This is why I am looking for an easier solution. -- Timothy J. Turner "Frank Haber" wrote: Curiosity Question: Does Vista still have a generic text printer driver? Can it print to disk? Has it been improved any since the Win95 one that's been a burr in our shorts for eleven years? |
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Generic Text Printer
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:40:01 -0800, Tim Turner
wrote: Frank, Not sure what you are asking. I am trying to use print-to-file in Windows XP. I don't know about Vista, but Windows XP sure doesn't have a generic printer. Also, if all you have is netwrok printers like us then even the DOS solution is more complicated. You have to assign a network printer to lpt1 using the net use command. This is why I am looking for an easier solution. You might need to clean your glasses: Add New printer: Manufacturer: Generic |
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Generic Text Printer
1. Vista does have a generic text printer
2. It can print to disk (select the Port called "FILE 3. No idea -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "Frank Haber" wrote in message ... Curiosity Question: Does Vista still have a generic text printer driver? Can it print to disk? Has it been improved any since the Win95 one that's been a burr in our shorts for eleven years? |