1. how to print
I am trying to print to the printer
the code as
integer printer
printer = open ("lpt1","wb")
puts(printer,"TESTING")
close (printer)
actually i take these code from the Forum
But nothing was printed
Any help?
Thanks you
2. Re: how to print
mark wrote:
> I am trying to print to the printer
> the code as
>
> integer printer
> printer = open ("lpt1","wb")
> puts(printer,"TESTING")
> close (printer)
>
> actually i take these code from the Forum
> But nothing was printed
> Any help?
> Thanks you
Hi Mark
You might just need to send a linefeed to get the printer to print, eg:
puts(printer,"TESTING" & #0A) -- linefeed
A printer won't print anything until it sees a line feed or a form feed (#0C).
It makes sense, because what if your next line is
puts(printer, " TESTING 1 2 3")
and the printer has already started printing?
I'm not sure what the reason is for not printing when it sees the end of the
file though (as per your example).
Gary
3. Re: how to print
Hi Gary
Thanks for the suggestion
But it does not work with &#OA
I find out if use form feed seems to print
ie puts(printer,FORMFEED)
where FORMFEED is declared beforehand
as CONSTANT FORMFEED=12
4. Re: how to print
mark wrote:
>
> Hi Gary
> Thanks for the suggestion
> But it does not work with &#OA
>
> I find out if use form feed seems to print
> ie puts(printer,FORMFEED)
> where FORMFEED is declared beforehand
> as CONSTANT FORMFEED=12
YEs, I think it will depend on how the printer is set up too. #0A (a zero BTW,
#0A = 10 dec, it looks like an O above..) works with my HP LJ 2100
Gary
