Drag and Drop PRN/PS files to printers local or network

[Guest]

Is there any way to get WIN XP PRO and WIN 98 SE to support native drag and drop
of PRN/PS, print to file output, files so that you can drag and drop them on a
printer icon be it a local or network printer?

Doing it via CMD and copy /B file.prn LPT1 or copy /B fle.prn \\computer\printer
is a pain.

A solution I saw used a batch file, but it wasn't truly drag n drop.

Why this is not built into the UI. Seems logical that if I printed to a file
that at some point I would want to actually print the file to a printer, and
logically I should just drag it to a printer icon.

Obviously if you drop a PS file on a PCL printer and vice versa your going to
get gibberish.

Any solutions to create a true drag n drop solution?

 

[Klaus Jorgensen]

Is there any way to get WIN XP PRO and WIN 98 SE to support native drag and
drop of PRN/PS, print to file output, files so that you can drag and drop
them on a printer icon be it a local or network printer?

Doing it via CMD and copy /B file.prn LPT1 or copy /B fle.prn
\\computer\printer is a pain.

A solution I saw used a batch file, but it wasn't truly drag n drop.

If the batch file did nothing but copying the file.prn to LPT1, then
this batch command is a bit more "drag and drop":

copy /b %1 lpt1

Any file dropped onto an icon, passes the full path and filename as an
argument, so the batch command above receives the file to print as %1
and copies that file to LPT1.

If you create an LPT1.BAT with this command in the SendTo folder in
your profile data (i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo), you
will be able to right click the print file, choose "Send To" and then
select LPT1 (though it will display as LPT1.BAT in the Send To menu).

 

[Guest]

copy /b %1 lpt1

Thanks, but already have this.... looking for a more robust solution ie: more
intergrated. Should already be in the OS in my opinion.

If you create an LPT1.BAT with this command in the SendTo folder in
your profile data (i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo), you
will be able to right click the print file, choose "Send To" and then
select LPT1 (though it will display as LPT1.BAT in the Send To menu).

Thats interesting, but its still not what I am after. That will make things a
little easier, but its not the exact solution I am looking for.

What I am after is a service that you install and fixes this gaping hole the OS
has left so that I simply drag and drop a PRN/PS file to a printer icon and it
prints the file.

Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[Tony Edgecombe]

Is there any way to get WIN XP PRO and WIN 98 SE to support native drag and drop
of PRN/PS,print to fileoutput, files so that you can drag and drop them on a
printer icon be it a local or network printer?

Doing it via CMD and copy /B file.prn LPT1 or copy /B fle.prn \\computer\printer
is a pain.

A solution I saw used a batch file, but it wasn't truly drag n drop.

Why this is not built into the UI. Seems logical that if I printed to a file
that at some point I would want to actually print the file to a printer, and
logically I should just drag it to a printer icon.

Obviously if you drop a PS file on a PCL printer and vice versa your going to
get gibberish.

Any solutions to create a true drag n drop solution?

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