Printing to a file

Karl F. Larsen klarsen1 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 13:57:43 UTC 2009


R Kimber wrote:
> Is it possible to set up a printer so that it just prints to a file, and not
> to a physical printer?
> 
> I have an HP DeskjetF4280, which works fine, but I can't see any options in
> the normal printer setup process to create a printer that just prints to a
> file.
> 
> - Richard.

	No. Your printer wants only to get the data to print a page. 
Now my Ubuntu when I tell it to print something will ask me if 
I want to print to a file. I don't do that much. Why do you 
want to do it?

73 Karl


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