Glossary for Geospatial Science

print-file: A file created from a TNT page layout that includes all information necessary for a designated printer to print the file.� Unlike print-rasters, print-files are not viewable in the TNT diaplay process.� Print-files created using the TNT print drivers are actually a pair of files: one with the name you assign and a .prf extension (small file), the other with the name you assign and a .p1 extension (large file).� If the layout is printed with TNT drivers and covers multiple pages, there will also be a *.p2 file and so on.� There is just one *.prf file regardless of the number of pages.� Print-files created using the Windows printer driver have a .prn extension and there is only one print-file regardless of the number of pages.� Print-files are supported on the Macintosh but only using TNT printer drivers.

You may want to create print-files when you will be printing at a later time particularly if the printer is attached to a machine that does not have TNT installed.� Print-files can be printed from within TNT (Main/Print From/Print-File) or by copying the file to the port for the printer designated when the print-file was created.�