[comp.windows.ms] "printing" without a printer

buck@granite.cr.bull.com (Kenneth J. Buck) (01/11/91)

In article <1991Jan10.130409.16884@granite.cr.bull.com> buck@granite.cr.bull.com
   (I) write:
>What I want is to be able to select "print", have the (document, paint image,
>whatever) spooled to a file (instead of the printer), so I can cart the file
>to some other machine that has a laser printer on it.

While the proper answer is "RTFM", the expanded answer is:  associate your
printer with the device "FILE:" (rather than "LPT1:") using the Control Panel.
This writes the output to the file.  The file may then be transported to
another machine and can be printing using the DOS 'PRINT' command.