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Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:07:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject:	Re: fopen cannot open device name for network printer in windows xp
From:	"Bengt-Arne Fjellner" <Bengt-Arne DOT Fjellner AT ltu DOT se>
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The One skrev:
> Hi,
>
> I've a c program that prints to network printer by
> getting a filehandle from
> fopen("\\computer1\printer1", "wb").  That has always

Try with:
fopen("\\\\computer1\\printer1", "wb").
Instead.

> worked on Windows 95, 98 & 2000.
>
> When it's running under windows xp (sp1 or sp2), fopen
> returns a NULL. Has any one had a similar problem?  Is
> there a solution to this?
>
> Thank you
>
>
>
>
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