Re: print to a file? help please!

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From: Anssi Saari
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 08:48

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In <quan.724396204@sol> quan@sol.surv.utas.edu.au (Stephen Quan) writes:

>sexonbd@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Benjamin David Sexson (Ben)) writes:

>>Well yes there is a way.  If the program is using the windows drivers 
>>set up a driver for your printer on FILE: you do that in the printer
>>section of the control panel.  I use this to get a EPS file to print on 
>>dorm laserprinter

>This is if you wanted a postscript file.  The Windows 3.1 postscript
>_printer driver_ lets you print EPS to a file, not Windows 3.1 itself.
>Other printer drivers may or may not let you print to a file.

This is wrong, any printer can be connected to FILE: in the control panel. This
is separate from the "print to EPS file" option, which isn't available for
non-postscript printers, of course.

Anssi


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Anssi Saari s106275@ee.tut.fi                
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