Print a doc that was printed to file initially

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Stephen Ford

Win XP SP2
HP Business Jet 1200

I printed a document to file and now I'm not sure how to send it to the
printer. I would have thought it needs sending straight to the device, but I
don't know how with Windows. The original documents are not available any
more. The printer is networked.
 
Stephen said:
Win XP SP2
HP Business Jet 1200

I printed a document to file and now I'm not sure how to send it to the
printer. I would have thought it needs sending straight to the device, but I
don't know how with Windows. The original documents are not available any
more. The printer is networked.
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"Print to file" is a trap for the unwary. What this command does is
make a file of the stream of data that would otherwise be sent to the
printer, including all of the printer control codes. It can be printed
-- to the same make/model of printer that was selected when the doc was
"printed" -- by using a "DOS" copy command.

Assuming that the file you created is named file.prn:

Open a command prompt window and type

"copy file.prn /b \\Computer_Name\Printer_Share_Name" (without quotes)
and press Enter.
 
Yes of course. thanks.
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Regards
Stephen Ford

Lem said:
"Print to file" is a trap for the unwary. What this command does is make
a file of the stream of data that would otherwise be sent to the printer,
including all of the printer control codes. It can be printed -- to the
same make/model of printer that was selected when the doc was "printed" --
by using a "DOS" copy command.

Assuming that the file you created is named file.prn:

Open a command prompt window and type

"copy file.prn /b \\Computer_Name\Printer_Share_Name" (without quotes) and
press Enter.



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Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

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I've a problem: I can't identify the printer share name that will work.

My PC is ACQUIREPC02 and the printer share name is Printer3 (from printer
properties) but copy file /b \\ACQUIREPC02\Printer3 results in the message
"network path was not found".
 
Dear Mr. Ford,
I've a problem: I can't identify the printer share name that will work.
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NET VIEW %USERDOMAIN%

will show you either your machine name or your shared resources.

Regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
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Files printed successfully!

Hmmm as this is PC03 and not PC02, it's not surprising the path wasn't
found. Thanks for Net View...
 
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