RE: [Dev-C++] RE: Printing

[Abhijit S. <mu...@gm...>]

> It may be possible to
> redirect the entire file output to the printer from dos using something
like
> "c:\filename.exe >> lpt1" or something like that.

Actually, that's `prn' in DOS. You can print directly by opening a file
using prn as the name. For example:

ofstream prn("prn");
if(!prn)
{
	clog << "Printer not found" << endl;
}
else
{
	// Print
	prn.close();
}

Or in C, use fopen(), fprintf(), etc.
HTH.
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Abhijit Shylanath
http://mudeth.tripod.com/