Date:	Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:13:50 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: get lines to the printer
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On Sun, 14 Oct 2001, CBFalconer wrote:

> > Yes, use the predefined stream `stdprn'.  Like this:
> > 
> >      fprintf (stdprn, "Hello, my printer!\n");
> 
> Is there some special magic there?

I don't understand the question.  stdprn is connected to the file
handle which the OS should funnel into the printer.  On Windows, this
generally means that when you install a printer driver, you should
specify that DOS jobs use that driver as well.  That is the only magic
you need.

> I do all my printing via
> fineprint (see http://www.fineprint.com) which is a windows only
> printer driver that creates booklets, etc.  It is not normally
> accessible from DOS, so I have no printing capability from DOS
> except to write to a file and later print that.

Like you said: if fineprint doesn't support printing from the DOS box,
then you are toast.  The only solution is to toss fineprint, or to use
temporary files.

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