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Re: USB ports - can no-one help?

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From: Tom Woodrow
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 18:47
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David,

Have you tried to do it to "old" way? What was the result?

Tom Woodrow

David Ayre wrote:
> "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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