You cannot create a printer file without specifying a printer driver. By
definition, a printer file is intended to be used as input for a
particular printer so that the printer output is the same as if an
application such as Word, together with Windows, the operating system
had printed it to a connected printer. Thus, the printer file is
typically the output of a specified printer driver diverted into an
appropriately encoded file.
Once the printer file is created, you can print it to the appropriate
printer using DOS copy commands.
Open a command window (DOS window) by typing navigating to the Start Run
slot and typing
cmd
in the slot. Press enter. Type
copy /b <filename> where <filename> id the fully-qualified DOS
path to the file.
e.g
copy /b c:\tempfiles\letter.prt where letter.prt is the
file from the print to file command and tempfiles is a directory on c:
which holds the output.
You might find PrintFile useful.
http://hem.passagen.se/ptlerup/prfile.html
Tom
MSMVP-DTS
: How do you add "Print to FIle" to printers without having
: to choose a driver?
