Printing a PRN file

[Wayne Wengert]

I want to "Print to File" for a specific type printer (drivers are installed
on both systems) and then send that file (e.g. "test1.prn") to a second
computer and print it there. How do I print that on the second computer -
that printer is not the default on the second computer.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I want to "Print to File" for a specific type printer (drivers are installed
on both systems) and then send that file (e.g. "test1.prn") to a second
computer and print it there. How do I print that on the second computer -
that printer is not the default on the second computer.

You could share the printer on the second PC, then create a path
to it like so:

net use LPT2: \\SecondPC\SharedPrinter

This will enable you to send the job there with this command:

copy /b c:\Test.prn LPT2:

perhaps followed by this command:

echo ^L > LPT2:

 

[Wayne Wengert]

The systems are not networked.

You could share the printer on the second PC, then create a path
to it like so:

net use LPT2: \\SecondPC\SharedPrinter

This will enable you to send the job there with this command:

copy /b c:\Test.prn LPT2:

perhaps followed by this command:

echo ^L > LPT2:

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

This is something you should include in your post, and also
the method you propose to get your .prn file from machine1
to machine2!

 

[Wayne Wengert]

Sorry! The file will be attached to email.

This is something you should include in your post, and also
the method you propose to get your .prn file from machine1
to machine2!

 

[Paul Randall]

Sorry! The file will be attached to email.

So basically, you want to be able to send the PRN file (which might be on a
USB thumb drive) directly to a specific printer (which might be on a USB
port) on the destination computer?

Try this freeware:
http://www.lerup.com/printfile/
It was designed with PostScript in mind, but will send any file to any
Windows printer with a few extra clicks.
I use it all the time to send PostScript files (that I build/edit with a
text editor) directly to an HP printer installed as PCL printer but which
also contains PostScript capability.

-Paul Randall

 

[Ghostrider]

Sorry! The file will be attached to email.

If sending by e-mail and converting to Postscript is not feasible (see
Paul Randall's reply), then convert the document to a *.pdf file. *.pdf
files will print with the same format regardless of what is the default
printer on the recipient system (with, of course, the exception of color
to grayscale.)

 

[Paul Randall]

If sending by e-mail and converting to Postscript is not feasible (see
Paul Randall's reply), then convert the document to a *.pdf file. *.pdf
files will print with the same format regardless of what is the default
printer on the recipient system (with, of course, the exception of color
to grayscale.)

I didn't mean to confuse anyone. The freeware from
http://www.lerup.com/printfile/ will send any file you can access with
windows explorer to any installed printer. It send the file directly to the
printer via the spooler. No need to convert to postscript. Just send the
file to a printer similar to the device you 'printed to file' from.

Converting to PDF is an excellent alternative; formatting is kept quite well
no matter what printer you eventually print it on.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ has an excellent free
PDF-writer. It installs as a printer which only prints to file, a .PDF file
of any name you specify each time you print to it. You open the file with
Acrobat Reader and print it from there if you want a hard copy.

-Paul Randall