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Re: Help: .PRN file from Orcad SDT

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From: budgie
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:59
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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 17:40:55 +1000, Matthew Kirkcaldie
<matthewk@mail.newcastle.edu.au> wrote:

>In article <3d462aee.6010708@news.cantech.net.au>,
> budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au (budgie) wrote:
>
>> HP5L on LPT1: in DOS box under 98SE.
>> 
>> Command spelled out exactly in O/P.
>> 
>> Peter
>
>Wouldn't that produce a PCL 5 print file?

HUH?

The file was CREATED on another machine running Orcad SDT v3.x and
using the command "hardcopy -> file.".

I printed it on the above config using the command described
previously - copy filename.prn LPT1:

Why would the other machine with a DMP produce a PCL5 file?

>I thought you had to have a 
>"P" in the name of a Hewlett Packard printer for it to be PostScript 
>compatible.
>
>So the file may contain PCL 5 data, not PostScript.

Both appear academic speculations.
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From: budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au (budgie)
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Subject: Re: Help:  .PRN file from Orcad SDT
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:59:20 GMT
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