How to view .prn files?

[Pascal Decker]

Hi
I want to print documents in a file. The resulting file gets the
extension .prn.
Using GSView, I`m not able to open the file!
I know, that there is a chance to view the file and convert it to .ps
using ghostscript.
If you know how, please let me know!
Thanks very much,
Pascal

[A Paul R Cooper]

A .prn file may be anything. They are produced when a Windows printer
driver is told to print to file, and the content depends on the printer
driver which produced it. Unless you know what driver produced the .prn
file, you won't be able to do anything. Ghostview and Ghostscript only
display Postscript files, which can be identified as beginning with the
characters %!. You are completely out of luck if the file was produced by
the driver for a "Windows Printer" - these are completely proprietary
control languages. You MAY have more luck if the file is PCL (Hewlett
Packard's printer language) or ESC/P2 (Epson's). However, I don't use
them so I can'r be more helpful than to suggest a web search.