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My printer is a network printer, I tried this code,

char *PortName="IP_192.168.0.55 ";
   FILE *Printer=fopen(PortName,"wb");
   fprintf(Printer,"Text:\r\n\n","test string ");

it didn't do any thing , don't know why.

"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <gambit47@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Richard Yu" <richard@colorselector.com> wrote in message
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> > in console application, printf sends the string to screen
>
> That is not entirely accurate.  The printf() function sends the string to
> STDOUT.  If you happen to run the application from a command prompt
without
> any redirection, then the console screen will be the STDOUT.  If, however,
> you run the application and redirect its output to somewhere else, then
> STDOUT will go to that new destination, ie:
>
>     // outputs to the console screen
>     C:\>  myapp
>
>     // outputs to the standard printer
>     C:\>  myapp > prn
>
> > how can I send them to printer ?
>
> If you want to output to the printer regardless of redirection, then
you'll
> just have to access the printer directly.
>
>
> Gambit
>
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