Saving Printer Output to Print Later

[Dick Harrison]

I have a laptop pc (wireless) that connects to the internet (WIN Home XP2)
but my printer is not with me. How do I print internet output that is saved
and then sent to the printer when I am back with the printer?

Thanks, Dick

 

[tmt]

You have to slect print to file in the printer dialog box in whatever
program you are using. Then later when you get to a printer asuming
it's connected to lpt1 (i don't know exactly how you would call a usb
printer from dos - it's possible I just don't know it personally) then
you type the following at the dos prompt:


print /d:lpt1 <path_and_name_of_file>

Press Enter

This is the help instructions for the print command in DOS:

Prints a text file.

PRINT [/D:device] [[drive:][path]filename[...]]

/D:device Specifies a print device.

You can also drag the file onto your icon for the printer and it will
print.

Enjoy
johnt

 

[John Thomas Smith]

I have a laptop pc (wireless) that connects to the internet (WIN Home XP2)
but my printer is not with me. How do I print internet output that is saved
and then sent to the printer when I am back with the printer?

If you have a "print to file" printer driver installed, you
simply select that as the printer


John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith

 

[Dick Harrison]

tmt / John T -- I have an HP wireless printer -- so not connected to PC.

Where do I get a "print to file" printer driver? Is it specific to the
printer that will eventually do the printing (unique print commands)?

What about the "use printer offline" function? Cannot find any thing that
explains this capability.

Thanks, Dick

 

[John Thomas Smith]

Where do I get a "print to file" printer driver?

Go here, try entering Print to File in the search term
http://search.microsoft.com/search/search.aspx?st=b&View=en-us



John Thomas Smith
http://www.direct2usales.com
http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith