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by kyu

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Saved a Korean Word95 document as FILE.PRN hoping to print on English WINME. In the past, I would just type PRINT FILE.PRN in the DOS screen. Tried to drag and drop the file into the printer folder but failed as well. Would like to know if this can be done.

Thanks

Kyu Rhee

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by jaolson40

Was the file saved as a Word doc with the extension PRN, or was a Print to File printer set up on the workstation first? To print the way you described, the file needs to be printed using a printer configured to print to a file. To set one up, go:
Start -> Settings -> Printers
Double-click on Add new printer
Set up a local printer with the correct driver
For the port, choose FILE:
Give it a name, do not choose it to be default, nor print a test page.

Then, in Word, open the file, print it using the new printer. It should prompt for a file name and location, and save it with the extension PRN. Take that file, move it to the English computer, then drag and drop it onto the printer, or, at a DOS prompt, type:

TYPE LPTx:, where is the full path of the filename, and x is the number of the LPT port.

Hope this helps!

by kyu

Many thanks for your feedback. I have since gotten a new HDD and installed my own Korean O/S to get the printout I needed.

Ta.

Kyu

by glen_mcleod

When you installed the printer, did you answer "Yes" to the question "WIll this printer be used to print from DOS programs?" (or something to that effect).

DOS suggestion:
copy file.prn lpt1

Glen

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