Print to raw file

Michael Doma · 18 February 2024, 22:09

Dear

Toni,

since the Windows functionality "print to file" (using the "FILE:" port) doesn't work with WinUAE (the filename input box never appears in Windows), I'm asking for an option in WinUAE to save the raw printing data to a specified file.

Thank you!

Regards,

Michael

thomas · 18 February 2024, 22:20

Just use the CMD program (in the Sys:Tools directory).

Michael Doma · 19 February 2024, 18:13

Thanks, but this is only available when booting to WB, isn't it?

Toni Wilen · 19 February 2024, 19:17

What exactly are you trying to do?

EDIT: Do you want anything Amiga sends to parallel port copied to host side file?

Michael Doma · 21 February 2024, 14:26

@Toni: Yeah. My intention for this request was that using print emulation in WinUAE is impossible for people who have no printer connected to the host but still want/need to print out ASCII based text from the Amiga. Of course this is maybe of no use for anything else but ASCII - but who knows? I remember SimCity CD32 had an option to print out the city map - I didn't try if this works with a PDF printer in the host but I'll let you know.

Toni Wilen · 21 February 2024, 19:27

ASCII-Only printer type should do that but for some reason at least "Microsoft Print to PDF" return ERROR_INVALID_DATATYPE when print data type is set to "TEXT".

Maybe some other "Print to <something>" driver works better.

(This surely worked many, many years ago. Probably some Windows update that broke it)

18 February 2024, 22:09	#1
Michael Doma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Austria Posts: 69	Print to raw file Dear Toni, since the Windows functionality "print to file" (using the "FILE:" port) doesn't work with WinUAE (the filename input box never appears in Windows), I'm asking for an option in WinUAE to save the raw printing data to a specified file. Thank you! Regards, Michael

19 February 2024, 19:17	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,515	What exactly are you trying to do? EDIT: Do you want anything Amiga sends to parallel port copied to host side file? Last edited by Toni Wilen; 19 February 2024 at 19:36.

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18 February 2024, 22:20	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,000	Just use the CMD program (in the Sys:Tools directory).

19 February 2024, 18:13	#3
Michael Doma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Austria Posts: 69	Thanks, but this is only available when booting to WB, isn't it?

21 February 2024, 14:26	#5
Michael Doma Registered User Join Date: Jan 2024 Location: Austria Posts: 69	@Toni: Yeah. My intention for this request was that using print emulation in WinUAE is impossible for people who have no printer connected to the host but still want/need to print out ASCII based text from the Amiga. Of course this is maybe of no use for anything else but ASCII - but who knows? I remember SimCity CD32 had an option to print out the city map - I didn't try if this works with a PDF printer in the host but I'll let you know.

21 February 2024, 19:27	#6
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,515	ASCII-Only printer type should do that but for some reason at least "Microsoft Print to PDF" return ERROR_INVALID_DATATYPE when print data type is set to "TEXT". Maybe some other "Print to <something>" driver works better. (This surely worked many, many years ago. Probably some Windows update that broke it)

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