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Article #12003Re: Help: .PRN file from Orcad SDT
From: budgie
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:12
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:12
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:15:03 +1000, Matthew Kirkcaldie <matthewk@mail.newcastle.edu.au> wrote: >In article <3d468d12.8609810@news.cantech.net.au>, > budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au (budgie) wrote: > >> 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 can't answer that for you. However, if an HP5L produced a >recognisable image from the file, it has to be in a language the printer >understands for describing the contents of a page. Yes, agree with that bit. >If it's not text, it's not PostScript. I'll bow to your obviously far greater knowledge of .ps file structure. I wouldn't have any idea what they look like. >Therefore it must be another page description >language understood by an HP5L, which would make it PCL5, the HP page >description format. I'm not convinced that a 5L would ONLY understand PCL5. That is a leap of faith which I haven't made. >> >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. > >Well I'm terribly sorry for trying to help. Tell you what, how about I >refund your money? Sheesh. Sounds good ;-)
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