How do I open .prn Files???

[Train]

need to print it for a friend.

 

[MrHelpful]

LMAO

 

[Train]

what was so funny about that?

 

[Wingznut]

I think you need the newest version of Smut 4.0.

Seriously, what's a .prn file?

 

[Train]

my mom got one at her work, she says it was from a government website, i didnt get any more details than that, she said its a document they need printed.

oh, ha ha i get it, .prn for porn, boy thats just too damn funny, not.

No seriously, has anyone used a prn file?

 

[bacillus]

<< what was so funny about that? >>


maybe he thinks it's sexually related type files! :Q

 

[damien6]

I'm little rusty and someone said it a lot better than I, so here's his quote:


&quot;PRN files are not viewable. You can print it from DOS mode or DOS window
with a dos simple copy command like one of the follows (filename is the mane
of the file you print):

COPY filename.prn LPT1
COPY filename.prn LPT2 (if printer is connected to the second parallel
connector)
COPY filename.prn COM1 (if printer is connected to the first serial port)
COPY filename.prn COM2 (if printer is connected to the second serial port)

You can send a .prn file just as another file. The other person can print
this file in the same type of printer. If the other person don't have the
same printer you can printed the file using the driver of the printer the
other person have and pass this file to that person.
E.g. If you have the HP 930 printer and the other have an Epson 740 printer.
You print the document using the Epson 740 driver even if you don't have
this printer. You cannot print this file as a .prn file. But the other
person do print it in his/her printer using the copy command.&quot;


Try it.

 

[Wingznut]

Awww, damien beat me to it. Oh well...

How to print a .prn file.

 

[bliab]

.prn is is the windows extension when you print to a file. This file is pretty much useless unless you happen to have the same printer (or a compatible one) that it was made to print on.

Your only real shot at doing anything with it is if it is postscript. Open the file with notepad or wordpad and if it starts with something like '%!PS-Adobe-' try opening it with 'ghostview' (free postscript viewer) or sending it to a postscript compatible printer.

bliab