What the print-to-file option does is send the bits that would normally be
sent to the printer to a file on your PC.  The printer bits are not
readable text because all the control codes and bit mapping of the "dots"
are mixed in.  I use it to print to a file when my laptop is not connected
to a printer.  Later when the printer is connected, I go into a DOS window
and issue the command "copy file.prn lpt1" and the printer spits out
the  page just as if it was printing from the original application.

If you want to print to a file that you can "see" the ASCII characters (no
formatting), you can install the "Generic/ASCII text" printer and connect
it to the "File:" port.  Then a new printer choice will be "Generic on
File" in your Win9x applications.

At 12/12/99 01:04 PM , Dovid Teitelbaum wrote:

>Some programs have an option called "print to file". what it does is
>creates a file on my computer. but my computer doesn't recognize it, and i
>can't do much with the file. Any help?

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