When you print a document, your file is converted into a set of commands that your printer can understand and act on. The resulting file is a Printer Text File (PRN). PRN files can be opened in a number of plain text viewers but instead of appearing as text, the document will appear as a scrambled and unreadable set of coded commands. In order to convert the commands of a PRN file into text, it is necessary to use a PostScript printer driver in conjunction with a PostScript reader. Writer Bio
