Printing a file with print codes in it

[Steve Wiltsie]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>
To: "Steve Wiltsie" <swiltsie at micro-mui.com>
Cc: "filePro Mailing List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Printing a file with print codes in it


> 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?
>

Bob,

At this point all I've tried is printing it from Notepad, dragging and
dropping it on the printer, and similar things.  It would be nice to
automate it on the PC's end but just getting the file there and being able
to print it locally in any manner would be a good thing.

Thanks,
Steve