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From: David Ayre
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:30

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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

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