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Re: USB ports - can no-one help?

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From: David Ayre
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:37

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Thanks Antonio,

I've tried that and it works fine.

Cheers,

David


"Antonio Felix" <nomail@nm.pt> wrote:
>
>"David Ayre" <davidcayre@aol.com> 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
>>
>
>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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