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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Send Windows App output to PS file for later printing?
Message-ID: <1990Aug17.030345.23512@world.std.com>
Date: 17 Aug 90 03:03:45 GMT
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In article <5580@plains.NoDak.edu> kperson@plains.NoDak.edu (Kerry Person) writes:
>
>The title says it all, I guess.  I don't have a PostScript printer, but 
>I have access to one at work.  It's attached to a mainframe, so I can
>upload ASCII files and print them with no problem.  But I'd like to be able to  
>print my Word for Windows, Excel, and other app output to it, but I can't figure
>out how to send the output to a PS format file.  I have Windows 286, and there
>seems to be no option to print to a file.  Or is there??
>
You can print to a file in windows 2.1 by specifying a single file name
after the list of other devices


COM1:=
COM2:=
LPT1:=

etc.

add the file name

WINOUT.PRN:=

and then you can print to winout.prn (or whatever file name you choose)
by making the connection with setup.  I believe this is documented in the
manual.  This is somewhat a pain as you can only print to 1 file and if I
remember correctly, each print overwrites the file.

Windows 3.0 is much better in this regard in that it allows you to connect
a printer to file output and will prompt you for a file name each time you
print.
-- 
Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com