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Article #8621Re: Printing to LPT1
From: Bob Gonder
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:12
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:12
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mike wrote:
>I am wondering if someone could tell me why this code does not send anything
>to the printer I have attached to the lpt1 port.
>
>char buff[100];
>
>strcpy(buff,"Test");
>
> FILE *ptr = fopen("LPT1","w");
Open it in Binary mode "wb"
IIRC, in the DOS days, the port was "LPT1:"
If the other changes don't fix it, try that.
>fprintf(ptr,buff);
>fclose(ptr);
Some printers won't print partial lines.
Add
fprintf(ptr,"\r\n");
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