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Can a JetDirect print to a file?
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Your question doesn't make sense to me. A JetDirect is a print server (an ethernet device that accepts print jobs from PC's and outputs the into a printer). If you're trying to get a raw print file (command file) of a print job intended for an HP printer, install the printer to LPT1, then change the 'port' to FILE:, and every time you print to that printer it should prompt you for a file name. The resulting file would generally be a PCL command file in the version needed by the printer you installed the driver for.
Is that what you're asking?
Is that what you're asking?
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The problem was/is that I was printing from an HP3000 running MPE, and it can only print to an HP JetDirect.
Thankfully I was able to find some software which allowed me to be able to emulate an HP JetDirect, so that I was able to capture the print stream.
Thankfully I was able to find some software which allowed me to be able to emulate an HP JetDirect, so that I was able to capture the print stream.
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