How do I view .prn files?

[Tony Hall]

I printed a web page to a file, instead of directly to the printer, it
was saved in .prn format.

How can I view or print the file, I have no program associated with
.prn files.

The printer is an Epson 640 and I am using Win98SE.

Regards,

Tony

[George]

"Tony Hall" <dar...@NOSPAMwhinside.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I printed a web page to a file, instead of directly to the printer, it
> was saved in .prn format.
>
> How can I view or print the file, I have no program associated with
> .prn files.

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q158/0/81.asp should do the
trick

George
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[Sirion]

Here is a *magic* freeware utility to print PRN files
http://hem1.passagen.se/ptlerup/prfile.html

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[Morphius]

Use GSview

[Marek Williams]

Tony Hall <dar...@NOSPAMwhinside.freeserve.co.uk> dijo a todos por la
internet:

You can distill the PRN file with Acrobat (full version, not just
Acrobat Reader). This will create a PDF file that you can view and
print.

Acrobat costs about US $225 (street price). As an alternative there
are other distiller clones that may be able to do the job for lots
less money.

If all you want to do is print the file, you can just send it directly
to the printer. In Windows 98, open a command line window and type
(sans quotes) "copy /b filename.prn LPT1" -- substituting the full
path for "filename.prn" and substituting the port or network name
where the printer is connected. To see where the printer is connected,
open the printer in the Printers folder and click on File ->
Properties, then the Ports tab.

When you print to file, as you did, the printer driver sends
everything to a file on disk exactly as it would have sent it to the
printer. Thus the "copy" command sends the file to the printer and the
printer can understand it the same as if it were being spooled
directly. Print files are commonly used when you need to print to a
printer attached to another computer off-premises. You can put the
print file on a floppy or CD (or even e-mail it), and then send it
directly to the printer from the other computer. The other computer
doesn't need to have the application where the file was created
installed.

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