no input files message from printer file

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Fairlight (Sun, 6 Jan 2008 13:10:43 -0500):
[...]
> I'm still not getting it.  I may not be the OP, but I don't see how any of
> the answers concerning "what has to be done to get lp to stop printing that
> message" have been relevant so far to his problem.
>
> FROM the docs:
>
>      PRINTER FILE "filename"
>                         Send output to file "filename".
>
> I have used this feature myself on Windows 2003 Server with fP 5.0.14 to
> send output directly to a file, do not pass Go, do not collect $200.  It's
> then handled by PrintWiz to convert to PDF for download.
>
> Key thing being, it does not even -attempt- to print anywhere but to that
> file, nor should it.  No spoolers, no programs--nothing except the file.
>
> So far, I'm failing to see where `lp` or any other print spooler should
> even remotely be in play while using PRINTER FILE.  Emphasis: ***FILE***.
[...]

The key question not yet asked (nor answered) is "_where_ is the PRINTER
FILE command?"  If it's in output processing, then the printer has already
been opened by the time the PRINTER FILE tells filePro to change the
destination to the file.

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