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- From: gibsonst@sonoma.edu (Stephen Gibson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: re: ASCII textfile printer driver
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.161130.3700@nic.csu.net>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 00:11:29 GMT
- References: <1id8cjINNhhe@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
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- In article <1id8cjINNhhe@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> droufa@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Donald J Roufa) writes:
- >Does anyone know of or have access to a MS-Windows 3.x printer driver
- >which can be used to print plain ASCII text to a disk file for
- >purposes of transmitting the files via email and/or other electronic
- >media? The printer should strip all print attributes (bold,
- >underline, italics, super- and subscripting, etc.) so as not to garble
- >the textfile. Unfortunately, the "Generic/Text Only" printer driver
- >supplied with Windows 3.1 attempts to implement some of the attributes
- >the best ways that it can. For example, if Windows text is bold, then
- >the Generic printer driver overprints it three times by issuing a
- >carriage return without a line feed. While this is nice when using a
- >printer, it really messes up a textfile saved to disk.
- >
- >If you know where or how I can obtain such a "vanilla" printer driver
- >for Windows 3.1, please respond to me by Email at the address below.
- >Thanks much for your help.
- >
- >--
- > Don Roufa DROUFA@MATT.KSU.KSU.EDU
- >Division of Biology Kansas State Univ. Manhattan, KS 66506
- >
- >
-
- Pardon me, but wouldn't it be easier to use your applications "Save As...
- Text" option (or something similar). Or you could use a text editor such as
- Notepad, or NDW's Desktop Editor, or even a shareware text editor. What
- benefits does printing ASCII text to disk give you?
-
- Stephen Gibson
- System Support Specialist
- Sonoma State Universtiy
- eMAIL: gibsonst@sonoma.edu
- Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
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