[KLUG Members] Opening "print to file" documents

[Eric Beversluis]

I'm confused about what happens when I select "print to file." I find
that I can open those documents with several different pdf readers
(Evince document viewer, KGhostView, KPDF), but not with Acrobat reader
for Linux. This is an issue only because I sometimes need to send these
to Windows to print at work and I don't seem to be able to find anything
in Windows that opens these files. (I also don't seem to be able to find
anything to open the Windows print to file documents (.prn), but that's
not an issue for this list.)

I tried Googling "print to file linux" but didn't find anything that
explains what kind of document that command generates. Something some
has led me to think it's a Postscript document, which is why I thought
Acrobat would open it.

So if anyone can illuminate me on these two questions, I'd appreciate
it:
1.  What kind of document does "print to file" generate and why can
these other pdf readers open it but not (Linux) Acrobat?

2.  Is there any way I can open these files in Windows (to read, perhaps
to print or else to cut and past into a Word or OO.o Writer document)?

Thanks.

EB