Microsoft KB Archive/189040

= How to Print to File for Readable File Format =

Article ID: 189040

Article Last Modified on 2/17/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4
 * Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
 * Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft SNA Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q189040



When you send a print job to a file using print service, the file will contain Graphical Device Interface (GDI) control characters and will be illegible unless a Printer Definition Table (PDT) is specified. If a PDT is used, the data still contains some control codes but can be displayed with any text editor, such as WordPad.

It is also possible to use the Windows NT Generic/Text Only print driver to print legible data to a file without using a PDT. The Generic/Text Only print driver will not generate any printer commands in the file.

When a PDT is used, Windows GDI is not used. The PDT defines the information used to generate the print output.

For additional information about printing with SNA Server, please refer to the Microsoft SNA Print Service white paper. A copy of this white paper may be obtained from Microsoft's SNA web site.

Additional query words: snaprint

Additional query words: HIS 2000

Keywords: kbinfo KB189040

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