Print to File Technique

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Abdul

Hi!
I used the Option: Print\Print to File (Check)

Now i am unable to open the file which xl has created using "Print t
File" Check in Print Dialog box.

What i want to do is:

I want to transfer all the day, necessary files to some place say Prin
to file.
And at the end i give all print commands to print the variou
documents.

Can any one tell me how to use the check Print to File.

Thanks in advance.

Jabee
 
If you used print to file and used your printer driver to make this .prn file,
then you can't open it later to see anything meaningful.

It'll contain printer codes that no human can read. (I'm betting you didn't use
a generic text printer.)

But once you create those .prn files, they can only be printed on like printers.

And the easiest way (I think) to print them is to use an old DOS command:

copy /b c:\myfolder\myfile.prn lpt1

(where lpt1 is your local printer)

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If you always use the same names, you could even create a .bat file that
consists of lines like:

copy /b c:\myfolder\myfile1.prn lpt1
copy /b c:\myfolder\myfile2.prn lpt1
copy /b c:\myfolder\myfile3.prn lpt1

And just keep stacking them.

maybe even something like this (untested):

copy /b c:\myfolder\myfile1.prn + c:\myfolder\myfile1.prn lpt1

(IIRC, this will print both files as one print job.)
 
Thanks Peterson!

But i am still unable to work around. Now when i print to file it goe
somewhere, I dont know where.....?

How can i use it?
Where it goes?

Regards

Jabee
 
Try it once more and keep track of where you selected--look at the name of the
folder on the right hand side!

If you're still uncertain, try it once more, but give it a nice unique name:

"wheretheheckismyfile.prn"

Then use windows start button|search (or Find) to locate that file.
 
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