[KLUG Members] Opening "print to file" documents

[Mike Elston]

Print to file usually creates a Postscript file.
While adobe did invent postscript it is not a supported format in  
Acrobat..

I would suggest you install one of the many print to PDF printer  
drivers and use that.

-- Mike

On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:32 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:

> 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
>
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