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Re: USB ports - can no-one help?

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From: David Ayre
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:35
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"David Ayre" <davidcayre@aol.com> wrote:
>
>When printers were connected to the normal parallel port, it was
>possible to open PRN or LTP1 as a file and write directly to it.
>This was useful with dot matrix printers.
>Is it possible to do this with a USB port, and if so, how would I
>go about it?
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
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