DOCUMENT:Q103078  18-AUG-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :No Generic/Text Only Printer Driver with Windows NT
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SUMMARY
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Windows NT does not include a Generic/Text Only printer driver or any
other NULL port driver that allows you to output pure text from an
application that cannot export text on its own.

WORKAROUND
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1. Use the Generic IBM Graphics 9-pin printer driver.

2. Set it to print to FILE.

3. Format the document with Printer Font. 

This produces a file that contains all the text with only a small
amount of control codes. You can then edit the control codes out of
the file with any text editor, such as Notepad.

Additional reference words: 3.10 TypeWriter diablo daisy wheel generic
text only text-only

KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: prt

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