Re: Help: .PRN file from Orcad SDT

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From: George Durbridge
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:44

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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:59:20 GMT
budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au (budgie) wrote:

> 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?

Well, it would produce a file containing printer commands
for the default printer at that location.  As it happens,
your HP understood those commands when you sent the file to
it.  Otherwise, it would have printed garbage.

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From: George Durbridge <gdurbrid@bigpond.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Help:  .PRN file from Orcad SDT
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