DoctorBill wrote on 11-01-20 03:29:
DoctorBill wrote:
Hartmut Figge wrote:
DoctorBill:
Hartmut Figge wrote:
Daniel:
Hartmut Figge wrote on 11/01/20 11:37:
Preference Name
print.print_to_filename
Value
/home/hafi/mozilla.pdf
Hartmut
Are you suggesting, Hartmut, that then, if DocBill were to
Double-click
on that value (/home/hafi/mozilla.pdf in your case), DocBill
should be
able to send the file wherever he wanted .... say
C:\DocBill\Documents\TestResults.pdf ??
No. The goal was to determine filename and path of the file SM
would be
printing to. Seeing the reply of Bill I have checked in in a new
profile. The pref is indeed not there.
It is created the first time the print dialog is opened.
A Ha ! Question - can I insert (edit) into the Config file what you
said should be there ?
i.e. print_to_filename blah blah blah etc in that
Print_printer
blah blah area ?
Would that "program" into SM's config what I need ?
The only thing you need to do is to click on File > Print. :) that
opens
the print dialog, creates the pref and allows you to choose filename
and
path. Look at the replies of Walt.
I'm assuming here that in Win the print dialog is similar to Linux.
Hartmut
.
NO...it does not do that. That is why I asked about it.
I described what it does when I posted this.
Nun Salva posted what I see.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlgbox/images/printdialogboxxp.png
My Bad ! Sorry ! It doesn't even look that good !
I did a screensave and put together what I see.
https://i.postimg.cc/W4k58sw3/Save-to-File-Problem.jpg
Hope this clears it up somewhat....
This is a Windows issue, not an SM issue.
"Print to file" option/method is very old and often used in the years
1980's
First you select the printer AND AFTER you click on "print to file".
This is just to say: I want to convert my data to commands to sent to my
"In your example to "Brother HL-2230 series""
BUT instead of sending those converted data to your printer, you just
write those converted data RAW to a binary file.
the only thing you can do with this file is something like in a dos-box:
copy (Name of file.prn) /b lpt1
with your "Brother HL-2230 series" printer connected to the PRT port
(lpt1) of your computer.
If you connect another printer, per example "hp psc 1310 series (Copy
1)" you will just print à page with full of garbage :-)
More infos; here:
<https://forums.techguy.org/threads/solved-print-to-file.911205/>
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