![]() When an application prints, it communicates with the Windows printing interface, which in turn communicates with the driver for the printer you select, to translate the instructions into whatever language the printer understands. When printing a webpage, the software involved “translates”, in a sense, the webpage that you see from its original HTML encoding into instructions specific to your printer 1.Įach printer family, or sometimes even printer models, understand different sets of instructions. Printing is really a kind of conversion process. That’s a bit of a clue as to its current usefulness. You’ll note that’s a Windows 7 style dialog “Print to file” doesn’t appear on any of my Windows 10 installations. ![]() This option may appear in different locations on different print dialogs, or it may not appear at all. Here’s an example of the option we’re talking about: Print to file option in a print dialog. It’s highly unlikely you’ll ever have a specific need. If you see it, which is rare these days, then unless you know you have a specific need for it, just ignore it. ![]() The super-short version is that it’s somewhat of a relic. ![]()
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