[Dev-C++] printer

[Samuel K. <big...@ya...>]

I am trying to learn how to send something to a
printer. I try to compile this .c file and dev
complains that there is a parsh error before '*' (on
the line where I declare FILE *fp =
fopen("LPT1","wt"); and then gives another error
because it thanks fp is a function.) Can anyone tell
me what I'm doing wrong in this code?


#include <conio.h>

char PrintBuf[5000]; // make it large enough!

int printer(const char *Format,...) //user defined
function
{
char *Ptr = PrintBuf+lstrlen(PrintBuf);
va_list arglist;

va_start(arglist,Format);
vsprintf(Ptr,Format,arglist);
va_end(arglist);
return printf(Ptr);
}

void main()
{
PrintBuf[0] = 0;

// your program runs here......
// just use printer() instead of printf. 
// It will print text to screen and into the buffer
// example:
printer("\t\t\tS K DATABASE SOLUTIONS\n\n");
printer("\t\t\t=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-\n\n");
printer("Employee ID: %d\n",1001);
printer("Employee Name:%s\n","Shashi");
printer("Employee Pay:%f\n",1000.75);
printer("-===-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-");

// Now print the buffer to the printer

FILE *fp = fopen("LPT1","wt");

if(fp)
{
fwrite(PrintBuf,1,lstrlen(PrintBuf),fp);
fputc('\f',fp); // add a formfeed for pageprinters
fclose(fp);
}

return 0;
}

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