Re: .PRN file from Orcad SDT

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From: budgie
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:19

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On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:46:19 +1200, "Ken Taylor" <ken@xtra.co.nz>
wrote:

>A .PRN file is just a Windows "print to file"-format file. It isn't
>necessarily formatted as Postscript, depends on what printer was selected
>when the print was done. A specific printer interface would be required to
>read it.As the OP says, this is unsuitable for 'digestion' elsewhere.

IIRC the print doesn't allow any choice of printer, just a "print to
file" option.  That file, tagged .prn, is printed properly with the
DOS copy command with no switches.    My ps-pdf converter says it
isn't a .ps file.  So I am still looking for any redigestion
suggestions.

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From: budgie@nowhere.cantech.net.au (budgie)
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Subject: Re: .PRN file from Orcad SDT
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 05:19:44 GMT
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