thom0573 wrote:
Late last night, while working on the computer, I needed to print something
from an IE6 window, but didn't want to wake the family with our old noisy
laser printer, so I checked the square in the dialog box that said "print to
file," assuming that printing today would be a snap. Not so. I see the file
where I saved it, but dragging and dropping on the printer icon doesn't send
it to the printer. Any ideas?
You can print the saved file as follows.
If you have a printer connected to your parallel port:
1. Open a command prompt window [Start > Run > type "cmd" without
quotes and press Enter]
2. In the command prompt window, navigate to the directory (folder)
where the file was saved by using appropriate cd [change directory]
commands and then type "copy /b filename LPT1" without the quotes and
press enter. Be sure to include the filename suffix (probably prn).
Alternatively to navigating to the correct folder, you can use the full
filename. For example, copy /b "C:\Documents and
Settings\deepbluewild\My Documents\savedfile.prn" LPT1 -- note that in
this case you need to put the quotes around the file name because there
are spaces in it.
If your printer is connected to a USB port, things are a little more
complicated. Download this free utility:
http://www.lerup.com/printfile/
And, in the future, don't use the "print to file" box in IE's print
dialog. Instead, install a "generic text only printer" and set its port
to file. Then "print" to this printer and you'll end up with a txt file
that can be opened in Notepad or any other word processor.
http://support.mfm.com/support/std_procedures/xpgenericprinter.html
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