🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 09 Jun 2003 17:15:48 +0100, Alisdair Meredith
<alisdair.meredith@uk.renaultf1.com> wrote:

>Just checking, but does anyone know how library / easy way to use the
>printer in Windows as a simple line printer using std streams?  [i.e.
>write to printer as if to std::cout]
>
I use CreateFile()/WriteFile() for years in all Windows versions,
without problem on all printer types (dot-matrix, lasers, inkjets).
The same should be valid using streams. 

For local printers, you can specify LPTx or COMx as the filename. For
network printers you can specify the "\\Server\Share" syntax. For this
to be valid, a share has to be made in the "Server", but, the nice
thing is that it is irrelevant what printer driver there is actually
installed. For example, in one of my installations I use a SiteCom
rooter/printer server combo - connected to a laser and a switch hub -
which is accessed from all computers indirectly through a TTY shared
driver installed in the fileserver. In my app, I enter
"\\Server\Generic" as the path and all invoices find their way out to
the printer server. 

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Nick B. Cassos
http://www.flenik.com