Re: HOW CAN I SEND A TEXTSTREAM TO PRINTER W/O USING DC COMMANDS !!!

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From: Ken SYKES
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 01:43

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In article <6405@vela.acs.oakland.edu> rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) writes:
>
>	I want to use the PRINT MANAGER and be able to dump a text
>	file with CR's and LF's to a printer - just to print text.
>
>	BUT, I don't want to use TextOut(hPR,x,y...) and I don't want
>	to simply open the port and dump the text.

Check out the PASSTHROUGH escape.  Once you create the printer DC and
send the STARTDOC you can use PASSTHROUGH to send the remainder of the
data.

Ken Sykes
Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.

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Subject: Re: HOW CAN I SEND A TEXTSTREAM TO PRINTER W/O USING DC COMMANDS !!!
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