Microsoft KB Archive/103078

= No Generic/Text Only Printer Driver with Windows NT =

Article ID: 103078

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q103078



SUMMARY
Windows NT 3.1 and 3.5 do not include a Generic/Text Only printer driver or any other NULL port driver that allows you to output pure text from an application that cannot export text on its own.



WORKAROUND

 * 1) Use the Generic IBM Graphics 9-pin printer driver.
 * 2) Set it to print to FILE.
 * 3) Format the document with Printer Font.

This produces a file that contains all the text with only a small amount of control codes. You can then edit the control codes out of the file with any text editor, such as Notepad.

Additional query words: prodnt TypeWriter diablo daisy wheel generic text only text-only daisywheel

Keywords: kbprint KB103078

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