You perform this procedure on the machine that controls the printer, not on the workstation.
In the Windows Start menu, choose Settings, then choose Printer.
The Printers window appears.
Right-click on the printer on which you intend to execute your document and choose Pause printing.
In the application you use to manipulate the input data, send the data you want to capture to the printer you selected in step 2
The printer driver creates a printer spool file containing the representative data sample.
In the Windows Start menu, choose Run.
The Run dialog box appears.
In the Run dialog box, in the Open box, enter COMMAND.(
A DOS Command Prompt window appears.
In the DOS Command Prompt window, change directory to the spool folder:
cd C: \windows\spool\printer
| 7. | Copy the spool file (.spl) you just created to a floppy or to another folder. |
The *.spl file contains your data.
| 8. | Close the DOS session. |
| 9. | In the Windows Start menu, choose Settings, then choose Printer. |
The Printers window appears.
| 10. | Right-click on the printer you paused and choose Pause printing. |
The spooler sends the job to the printer.