printing from old CAD progs

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R.Lewis

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In one of my old DOS progs I can 'print to file' rather than sending it to
(say) LPT1 and can thus save this on a floppy.

Say I save this to file as a PCL2 .
How do I then print this out using windoze?
Are there any utilities that will handle this to allow it to be printed (on
a PCL(n) printer) on a USB or parallel port?

Ta
 
"R.Lewis" <h.lewis-not this bit-@connect-2.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c37s1a$ec2$1@thorium.cix.co.uk...
In one of my old DOS progs I can 'print to file' rather than sending it to
(say) LPT1 and can thus save this on a floppy.

Say I save this to file as a PCL2 .
How do I then print this out using windoze?
Click to expand...
Using DOS, copy the file to LPT1.

Leon
 
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:37:33 -0000, "R.Lewis" <h.lewis-not this
bit-@connect-2.co.uk> wrote:

In one of my old DOS progs I can 'print to file' rather than sending it to
(say) LPT1 and can thus save this on a floppy.

Say I save this to file as a PCL2 .
How do I then print this out using windoze?
Are there any utilities that will handle this to allow it to be printed (on
a PCL(n) printer) on a USB or parallel port?

Ta
Click to expand...
If you have a PCL file, then all you need to do is copy it to the
printer. Do this in a command line session. The /b switch copies the
file as a binary. Don't leave it out unless you want to unload a tray
of paper. Can't do without command line in Windoze!

copy /b drawing.pcl lpt1

If your printer is on a network, then you need to capture the printer
port. The link below is helpful. If your using NT or XP, use the Win2k
instructions.
http://www.wtlink.com/fcc/tutorial/dosprinterror.htm

Mark
 
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:01:33 -0000, "Leon Heller"
<leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote:

"R.Lewis" <h.lewis-not this bit-@connect-2.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c37s1a$ec2$1@thorium.cix.co.uk...
In one of my old DOS progs I can 'print to file' rather than sending it to
(say) LPT1 and can thus save this on a floppy.

Say I save this to file as a PCL2 .
How do I then print this out using windoze?

Using DOS, copy the file to LPT1.

Leon
Click to expand...
copy/B may be required

...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

John "Peace for our Time" Kerry, Neville Chamberlain of this Century
 
R.Lewis wrote:

In one of my old DOS progs I can 'print to file' rather than sending it to
(say) LPT1 and can thus save this on a floppy.

Say I save this to file as a PCL2 .
How do I then print this out using windoze?
Are there any utilities that will handle this to allow it to be printed (on
a PCL(n) printer) on a USB or parallel port?
Click to expand...
Going further, my old mechanical CAD (FastCAD) is way easier to use than
TurdoCAD or Autosketch, but will only print to a limited range of old-
fashioned printers. I've got round the problem until now by outputting
to PostScript and printing using GhostView, but it's a clumsy process.
Is there anything out there that will look like, say, an HP deskjet, and
translate and divert the output to my current Windows printer, without
such intervention?

Paul Burke
 
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:35:24 +0000, Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com>
wrote:

R.Lewis wrote:

In one of my old DOS progs I can 'print to file' rather than sending it to
(say) LPT1 and can thus save this on a floppy.

Say I save this to file as a PCL2 .
How do I then print this out using windoze?
Are there any utilities that will handle this to allow it to be printed (on
a PCL(n) printer) on a USB or parallel port?


Going further, my old mechanical CAD (FastCAD) is way easier to use than
TurdoCAD or Autosketch, but will only print to a limited range of old-
fashioned printers. I've got round the problem until now by outputting
to PostScript and printing using GhostView, but it's a clumsy process.
Is there anything out there that will look like, say, an HP deskjet, and
translate and divert the output to my current Windows printer, without
such intervention?

Paul Burke
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PostScript is a nice universal language.

I receive PostScript all the time from corporate clients who have no
other printer types, or can't do B-size PDFs directly.

I find using GhostView or Adobe Distiller to get the copy, in the form
I like, to be next to no effort whatsoever.

I find it handy to have a large-scale PS printer driver installed,
such as the Tektronix Phaser 600 Extended, so I can send large
drawings to clients with only PS capability.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

John "Peace for our Time" Kerry, Neville Chamberlain of this Century
 
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 08:16:33 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

[snip]
PostScript is a nice universal language.

I receive PostScript all the time from corporate clients who have no
other printer types, or can't do B-size PDFs directly.

I find using GhostView or Adobe Distiller to get the copy, in the form
I like, to be next to no effort whatsoever.

I find it handy to have a large-scale PS printer driver installed,
such as the Tektronix Phaser 600 Extended, so I can send large
drawings to clients with only PS capability.

...Jim Thompson
Click to expand...
Back in DOS days (when I actually used OrCAD :), I used to
post-process the PS file to add special title blocks, change fonts,
change zeroes to stroked 0's, etc.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

John "Peace for our Time" Kerry, Neville Chamberlain of this Century
 
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