Message-ID: <007001bdf924$15a64900$4aed8081@bhodge>
From: "Blaine Hodge" <bhodge AT gpu DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Is there a standard easy way to print to a printer?
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:43:19 -0600
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

>Open a stream/file with the name of PRN which is the DOS filename for the
>printer.
>eg in C++
>    fstream printer( "PRN" );
>in C
>    FILE* printer=fopen( "PRN" "wb" );
>(I think this is write I haven't written in C for ages. )


ofstream printer( "PRN" );

FILE* printer=fopen( "PRN", "w" );

"wb" would be write binary and would screw up the newline/carriage return
thing.  "w" is text format and outputs newline & CR on a '\n' character.
But you were right.

 - Blaine