I don't know about the OP's laser printer, but all of my printers here have the
option "Print to file" which does save it as a .prn file.

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"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
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The man needs to print to file (a PRN file, I think, not text file) from a DOS app,
something that he can then send to the printer from Windows. Generic Text to File
won't help. Unfortunately, Jerry knows more about it than I or most others here do.

Hey, Jerry... I have a couple of old dot matrix printers... or maybe my Dad has
them now. Might be the simplest solution to find a used one, not that it's that
simple, g. You still have an LPT port?

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"RobertVA" wrote in message
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Jerry Bank wrote:
In article , says...
You requirement is not quite clear. Does the file you are creating have to be a
print file for a particular type of printer? This would a file that you then
transfer to another machine that has that type of printer attached, and copy to
that printer in order to print it.

Or are you trying to use a print procedure to create a certain document type,
such as plain text or postscript or PDF?

Let me explain precisely what I am trying to do. I have an ancient dos program
that I use to do accounting for a very small business. I would like to continue
using it. However, while it was able to print its reports to my old dot-matrix
printer, it really can't handle my current laser printer.

The program itself only prints to lpt1. Previously I used the simple program
prn2dos, which sent the printing to a file, which I then edited and printed out
in Windows. Since upgrading my computer it no longer works.

I have been trying to find a way to do this task. I did find a program called
dos2usb, but it only works erratically.

I would very much appreciate any suggestions as to how I can solve this problem.

Thanks.
Have your tried installing the Generic Text to file "printer"

You would only need to click a file name and press the "Enter" key when the file
name dialog appears.