FastPrint

FastPrint is a quick and easy utility for printing raw print or PRN files in a Windows printer, bypassing the printer driver. Use it to reprint captured print jobs from Print Distributor. Reprint capture PCL, PostScript, Plain Text, Prescribe and other PRN files direct to the printer.

A PRN file is a special type of file which contains instructions for a printer, it tells the printer what to print on the page and where as well as which paper tray to use, what the paper size is and a number of other controls.

PRN files are usually created automatically by a printer driver, in fact this is the primary purpose of the printer driver, to translate the generic output from an application such as Word or Notepad into something the printer can understand and interpret.

Normally this whole process of creating the PRN file is transparent, you print a document in your favourite application and the paper starts feeding through the printer. There can however be some uses for intercepting and capturing a PRN file before it gets to the printer. Having the PRN file allows you to reprint the document without running or even having the original application that created the file, for instance if you run a print shop with a wide format plotter and your customers use AutoCAD to produce plots you can have them send a raw PRN file and output using that without needing AutoCAD.

Features:
· Fast multi-job engine - It is able of running various jobs (printers) simultaneously.
· Support "Direct printing" and "Background printing" - "Send data directly to a printer" and "Background printing" modes are supported.
· File cache - When printing multi-copies of a document, read and write operations of harddisk are reduced with the help of file cache.
· Friendly interface, easy to operate - It is a familiar windows program without DOS command.
· Delay or auto suspend print - Printing can be delayed for some time or suspended automatically.