Re^3: DOC TO PRN

I've seen other files named with the .prn extension, but even if it were as you described, the OP didn't mention for what printer the .prn file should be created, which makes the question even less answerable :)

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Re^4: DOC TO PRN by Sinistral (Monsignor) on Mar 17, 2010 at 12:47 UTC
I believe you're right, the resulting PRN files are device dependent. If you produced a PRN file for a PostScript printer, it would be normal PostScript (which if I remember right is a trick "back in the day" to get MS Windows apps to produce PostScript files), if it's a PCL printer it would be that, and so forth. I am assuming that the OP has a machine running Windows with at least one printer attached, or Win32::OLE won't be able to produce PRN file output. Wouldn't be able to print anything to hard copy, either. Huh, now that I think about it, I wonder what would happen if you did a print to file to a printer that produces files, such as PDF Creator or Adobe Acrobat? Ugh, don't want to ponder that	[reply]

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Re^4: DOC TO PRN
by Sinistral (Monsignor) on Mar 17, 2010 at 12:47 UTC

I believe you're right, the resulting PRN files are device dependent. If you produced a PRN file for a PostScript printer, it would be normal PostScript (which if I remember right is a trick "back in the day" to get MS Windows apps to produce PostScript files), if it's a PCL printer it would be that, and so forth.

I am assuming that the OP has a machine running Windows with at least one printer attached, or Win32::OLE won't be able to produce PRN file output. Wouldn't be able to print anything to hard copy, either.

Huh, now that I think about it, I wonder what would happen if you did a print to file to a printer that produces files, such as PDF Creator or Adobe Acrobat? Ugh, don't want to ponder that

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