[comp.os.msdos.apps] Capturing output

billl@anasaz.UUCP (Bill LeGrand) (12/30/90)

Here's a question that I hope someone out there can answer.

Is it possible to capture formatted printer output from an application program
(such as Harvard Graphics or WP) as a file so that it can be dumped to a printer
from another PC using print or copy??


Thanks,


Bill

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silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver) (01/02/91)

In article <3415@anasaz.UUCP> billl@anasaz.UUCP (Bill LeGrand) writes:
$Is it possible to capture formatted printer output from an application program
$(such as Harvard Graphics or WP) as a file so that it can be dumped to a printer
$from another PC using print or copy??

   In the vast majority of cases, yes.  Some programs (e.g. WP) have an
option that lets you print to a file so you don't have to muck around with
other programs to capture the printer output.  Some programs (e.g. HG - or
at least in version 2.1x) come with a program that allows you to capture
printer output and send it to a file; this is a program which you run before
you go into HG.

   There are also programs available (e.g. LPTx) that redirect printer output
into a file.  I'm sure many of them are available via FTP, and I'm sure
someone will post about where to get them.
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