Printer preferences printer type "FILE"

[JosDuchIt]

In "printer preferences" gui you have a printer type FILE

Clicking on the driver options you get a requester File Printer options " notably with choice clipboard/File


I can't make anything happen when selecting this printer type and trying to print something from say Notepad.

Is there some doc about this printer type ?
How can you use it?

[Raziel]

Confirmed.

Not even the requester opens up.
Either a bug or not yet supported feature.

I remember this from 3.1 days, though, it should, if running normally, "print" the text from e.g. Notepad into the given file (I know it worked back then)

[Spektro]

Printing to file seems to work with GraphicDump (SYS:Utilities/GraphicDump) and AmiPDF (SYS:Utilities/AmiPDF/AmiPDF) but not with NotePad.

[broadblues]

The FILE printer type only works with graphics based printing, not with programs like NotePad that essentially save text directly to PRT: