Printing with an HP Softfont with Turbo-C(++)

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From: Keith R. Fieldhouse
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1991 16:54

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Is there anyone out there who could point me to or send me some source
code (Borland C++, Turbo C++, Turbo C, Turbo-* Other-C, Anything, in
that order of preference) that successfully transmits a HP LaserJet
Soft Font file directly to a LaserJet (preferably through "prn") and
then images some characters using the font?  I'm trying to do this
rather simple thing and I can't it to work.  I'm using Turbo-C++
streams, I'm using the write method, I set the stream to ios::binary
and I also use the MS-DOS IOCTL to set the printer to "raw" or "binary"
mode.  Nevertheless, the printer just beeps at me anyway.  It appears
that I'm doing something incorrectly or I'm not doing something that I
should.  I haven't a clue anymore so I'd really like to see some code
that works.   Thanks for any help/insight you can provide...

					- Keith



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