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Using Printer with LSC

#26110
From: leue
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1988 15:39
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I am attempting to use the Imagewriter I connected to the printer port as
a debugging tool in connection with a small application I am writing
using Lightspeed C Rev 2.11.  I have been successful in getting
output to the printer, but cannot get the paper to advance.  Here is the
relevant code fragment:

#include "stdio.h"
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FILE *pfile;
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pfile = fopen(".BOut", "a");
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fprintf(pfile, "Hello, World\n");
fprintf(pfile, "This is the next line\n");
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fclose(pfile);
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The symptoms are that all the output is printed, but each succeeding
line of text overwrites the last one -- that is, the paper never advances.
The standard switch settings are used on the Imagewriter, and all standard
Mac applications print fine.  I have tried several workarounds:
	*  replacing the "\n" with "\012\015"
	*  using the escape code to force one or more line feeds
	*  turning on automatic line feed mode
Nothing works.   Any suggestions?
-Bill Leue
leue@ge-crd.arpa
uunet!steinmetz!nmr!leue
 
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From: leue@galen.steinmetz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Using Printer with LSC
Message-ID: <9847@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 15:39:04 GMT
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Reply-To: leue@galen.UUCP (Bill Leue)
Organization: General Electric Research & Development
Lines: 35
Keywords: LSC, printer