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Re: USB ports - can no-one help?

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From: Antonio Felix
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:46

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"David Ayre" <davidcayre@aol.com> wrote:
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>"David Ayre" <davidcayre@aol.com> wrote:
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>>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
>

Hi Davis,

It is possible, using the LPT1 old way, if you share the
LPT1 port with the USB one.
Set the printer pooling on the Control Panel Printer Port definition and use the old method to open the PRN or LPT1. 

HTH
Antonio

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