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When I print any document with my computer I want the printed page to be saved on my computer as for example a bmp or jpg file and printed to a piece of paper at the same time. I don't know if it is possible to extract this information from a printer or if it is possible to make a virtual printer and use it as "pass through" and get the image from the virtual printer and send it to the real printer afterwards.

OS: Windows XP.

Peter
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  • You don't specify what OS, but all Windows printers can be pointed at a 'file' port, so that the generated raw binary printer commands get written to a file instead of to a real printer. – Marc B Apr 22 '12 at 21:26
  • Sorry about that, this is windows xp. – Peter Apr 22 '12 at 21:35

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The Win2PDF virtual printer can create a PDF and print it to a paper printer at the same time. To do this, set your real printer as the Windows default printer, print to the Win2PDF printer, and select the "print file" option in the file save window. After the PDF file is created, it is automatically printed to your real printer.

Craig Lebakken
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