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Date: | Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:44:09 +0200 |
From: | Zaretskii Eli <ezaretski AT elta DOT co DOT il> |
Subject: | RE: How to open LPT1: as file? |
To: | "Wolfgang v. Hansen" <hansen AT fom DOT fgan DOT de>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
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Thread-topic: | How to open LPT1: as file? |
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Reply-To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
This message was scanned for viruses and other malicious code by PrivaWall. This mail was sent from ELTA SYS LTD. > From: Wolfgang v. Hansen [mailto:hansen AT fom DOT fgan DOT de] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 9:43 AM > > I would like to access an old dot matrix printer directly just by > opening the port and sending appropriate bytes to it. I tried to > fopen("LPT1:", "w") but that didn't succeed. Lose the colon after "LPT1", and it will work. Also, you want to use "wb" rather than just "w", since printers need to accept binary non-printable characters (the commands to the printer), not just plain text. This message is processed by the PrivaWall Email Security Server.
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