Print to file - format

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Hi



After printing to file what is the resulting file's format? Is there an easy
way of

converting it to some other type, with which I could work using an OCR
program?



I have to reformat and analyze data from printouts from a computer at work.

The problem is that I cannot install any additional software there and
currently

have to print the data out and then scan it for my OCR program. I would be

grateful for a way to eliminate scanning from the process.



Thanks,


Mich
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Everybody seems to talk about the weather,
but nobody does anything about it.
M. Twain

 

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Hi,

> After printing to file what is the resulting file's format?

It's the same stream that would be sent to the printer. It depends by the
printer driver.

> Is there an easy way of converting it to some other type,
> with which I could work using an OCR program?

Maybe simply printing to file using a "Generic/Text Only" printer could
solve your problem in a single stage.

Regards,
Davide Guolo
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Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.guolo.com/printfil
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.guolo.com/odbc4all
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I it possible to save the document as a text file instead of printing to the
file and open it using OCR program????

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Zenon Pilat (MS)
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"Michal Weyer" <michwey@lonet.gdynia.pl> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
>
>
> After printing to file what is the resulting file's format? Is there an
> easy
> way of
>
> converting it to some other type, with which I could work using an OCR
> program?
>
>
>
> I have to reformat and analyze data from printouts from a computer at
> work.
>
> The problem is that I cannot install any additional software there and
> currently
>
> have to print the data out and then scan it for my OCR program. I would be
>
> grateful for a way to eliminate scanning from the process.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Mich
> --------
> Everybody seems to talk about the weather,
> but nobody does anything about it.
> M. Twain
>
>