You do not need a printer driver to send a prn file to a printer.
The printer driver on your laptop will format the document in a language that your printer understands. The DOS copy command will send the data and formatting commands from the file to the printer. The only requirement is the printer driver on the laptop must be compatible with the printer on the desktop. FYI the name "prn" is reserved for the printer, which is why you can't name a file prn.

James D wrote:

Thanks, so if I understand you correctly (and francesco) I print to file on
my laptop (which is NOT hooked up to a printer at that time) take the file
to my desktop (which is hooked up to a printer) and go to the command prompt
and type filename.prn prn (where filename.prn = the real name of the file)
But do I also have to have the generic text driver installed as francesco
said?

"Mike Walsh" wrote in message
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Boot to DOS and run
Copy filename.prn prn

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