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Well it dosen't make any difference weather I try opening the printer port
as "lpt1:" or "prn", I still don't get anything sent to the printer.

So I am still at a loss as to why this does not work.

Mike


"Farmazon" <farmazon_1@mail.ru> wrote in message
news:41686651@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> "mike" <mfbrowne@earthlink.net> �������/�������� � �������� ���������:
> news:41685010$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > Thanks for answering Bob.
> >
> > Tried all and it still won't send anything to the printer. Any other
> > suggestions.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > "Bob Gonder" <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:am6gm0hctvodhsq42uao3mj83eb8vncknh@4ax.com...
> > > 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");
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> it becose you open file on disk.  .If you want send data to printer use
name
> "lpt1:" or "prn:".
>
>