Printing a file with print codes in it

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Steve Wiltsie wrote:

> I need to be able to print files that have been created by filePro by
> 'printing' them to the local hard drive of the PC.   These files are created
> using a printer setup in the individual configuration files like this:
> 
> printer1=Local,hp-9xx,\\tsclient\c\temp\printfile.txt,Local print file
> 
> The XP Pro PCs that need this special handling are connected to a Windows
> 2003 R2 Terminal Server via a VPN that does not support the server 'seeing'
> the local printer(s) on the remote PCs.  (Locally connected Terminal
> Services clients can print to their local printers just fine.)
> (\\tsclient\printername doesn't seem to work.)
> 
> The output file seems to contain all the needed print codes from filePro you
> would expect to see but when printed to the local printer, the codes print
> instead of execute.  I've tried various drivers for the local printer I'm
> using as a test - an HP DJ5550, but nothing seems to make it print in
> formatted mode rather than print the codes as part of the text.

Once you've created the file, what are you doing to make it print? That 
is, what software is sending it to the printer?

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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