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Is it possible to capture print output

Salad
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#1: Nov 12 '05
It's been years since I captured printer output, basically I've
forgotten how to do it. Can you refresh my brain and let me know how
it's done if it can be done in Access?

I don't want the output from a report per-se...I am looking at the
output that would be sent to a printer with all the print codes and
instead of going to a printer going to a file. A basic text file may be
only a few hundred bytes in size but the text file, sent to a print
queue with all the formatting codes can grow over several thousand bytes
in size. That's the file I want to capture.

Thanks in advance for any input.


MacDermott
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#2: Nov 12 '05

re: Is it possible to capture print output


This feature is often offered by the printer driver.
Click File - Print, and you will see your printer's dialog.
There may well be a "print to file" option you can check.

HTH
- Turtle

"Salad" <oil@vinegar.com> wrote in message
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> It's been years since I captured printer output, basically I've
> forgotten how to do it. Can you refresh my brain and let me know how
> it's done if it can be done in Access?
>
> I don't want the output from a report per-se...I am looking at the
> output that would be sent to a printer with all the print codes and
> instead of going to a printer going to a file. A basic text file may be
> only a few hundred bytes in size but the text file, sent to a print
> queue with all the formatting codes can grow over several thousand bytes
> in size. That's the file I want to capture.
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>[/color]


Salad
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#3: Nov 12 '05

re: Is it possible to capture print output


MacDermott wrote:
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> This feature is often offered by the printer driver.
> Click File - Print, and you will see your printer's dialog.
> There may well be a "print to file" option you can check.
>
> HTH
> - Turtle
>
> "Salad" <oil@vinegar.com> wrote in message
> news:emRqc.2729$be.709@newsread2.news.pas.earthlin k.net...
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>>It's been years since I captured printer output, basically I've
>>forgotten how to do it. Can you refresh my brain and let me know how
>>it's done if it can be done in Access?
>>
>>I don't want the output from a report per-se...I am looking at the
>>output that would be sent to a printer with all the print codes and
>>instead of going to a printer going to a file. A basic text file may be
>>only a few hundred bytes in size but the text file, sent to a print
>>queue with all the formatting codes can grow over several thousand bytes
>>in size. That's the file I want to capture.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any input.
>>[/color][/color]
I'll check that out. Thanks

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