How To Print A Prn File Windows 10

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HP LaserJet and OfficeJet - How to create a PRN file

Introduction

A .prn file, also known every bit "Impress to File", is a file which contains the print driver commands used to create a print job. This file is useful for back up and engineering personnel to troubleshoot the root crusade of a print issue.

Obtain a PRN file

Follow these steps to generate a .prn file in Windows:

Step one: Open the printer properties

For Windows 7 operating systems or earlier versions

Depending on your Windows operating organization, click Start, and then do one of the post-obit to open up the printer properties:
- Click Devices and Printers or Printers and Faxes.
- Click Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and then click Printers.
- Click Control Console, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes.
- Click Settings, and and so click Printers and Faxes.
Right-click the printer you want to utilise to create a .prn file, and and then click Printer properties or Properties.

For Windows eight/ eight.1 operating systems

Correct-click the lower-left corner of the computer screen.
Click Command Console.
Click View devices or printers or Devices and Printers.
Right-click the printer you want to utilize to create a .prn file, and then click Printer properties.

For Windows 10 operating systems

Correct-click on the Windows icon in the lesser-left corner of the computer screen.
Click Control Console, and and then click View Devices and printers.
Right-click the printer you desire to use to create a .prn file, and and so click Printer backdrop.

Step two: Create a new port or Print to a File port

After opening the Printer backdrop, utilize i of the following methods to create a .prn file:

Method one: Create a new port

Follow these steps to create a new port:

Click the Ports tab and notation the current Port and Clarification. You will demand to know the port when printing from the reckoner.
Click Add Port.
On the Printer Ports window, select Local Port, so click New Port.

Figure : Printer Ports
In the Port Name window, blazon the full path for the local port (C:\capturePort.prn, for case), and so click OK.

Figure : Port Proper name
Close the Printer Ports window, click Apply, and and so click OK.

The port created in the port list box should have a check mark.
Open up the file which had an issue in press, select File, select Print, and and so click Impress .

notation:
The print chore is sent to a file with a .prn extension from your application, rather than to the printer.

The .prn file will be stored in the specified Port Proper noun location (C:\ capturePort.prn, for case) and will include the driver commands.
Transport the .prn file to the HP agent as an email attachment.
Subsequently generating a .prn file, modify the port settings to the previous settings (noted in footstep 1) on the Ports tab in the Printer properties or Properties window.

Method two: Impress to a File port

Follow these steps to print to a File port:

Click the Ports tab.
In the ports listing box, brand sure to note the current Port and Description. You will need to know this when printing from a computer.
In the ports list box, select the File: Impress to File check box.

Figure : File: Print to File
Click Apply, and then click OK.
Open the file which had an issue in press, select File, select Impress, and and so click Print .

note:
The print job is sent to a file with a .prn extension from your application, rather than to the printer.
In the Output File Name text box, type a location, and a name for the file and include the .prn extension at the end of the file name (C:\ capture.prn, for example), and so click OK.

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In the Print to file window, type a proper noun for the .prn file, note the location where the file is saved, and then click OK.

The .prn file will exist stored in the location specified above and will include the driver commands.
Send the .prn file to the HP agent every bit an email attachment.
Afterwards generating a .prn file, modify the port settings to the previous settings (noted in stride ii) on the Ports tab in the Printer properties or Properties window.