Printing from a C program

[Sayan Mukherjee]

Hi, I am using VC++ 6.0 . I need to print some text from a simple C program. How do I do it? I tried to use fprintf(); but couldn't get a suitable FILE * object to put as the first parameter. Please help. Is there any other way to do it? With best regards, Sayan Email:sayanmukherjee@indiatimes.com

[Joaquin M Lopez Munoz]

printf (without the leading f.) Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

[Sayan Mukherjee]

By the word 'printing', I meant printing to a printer. With best regards, Sayan Email:sayanmukherjee@indiatimes.com

[Joaquin M Lopez Munoz]

Oh I see... Well, if you can get by with a simple hack, redirect your standard output to the printer at the command line with myprogram >LPT1: or whatever your printer port is named (go to Control Panel->Printers->Properties->Details.) Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo

[Ravi Bhavnani]

You could try this:

FILE* pPrinter = fopen ("LPT1:", "w");
if (pPrinter != NULL) {
printf (pPrinter, "A line of text\n");
fclose (pPrinter);
}

/ravi "There is always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

[James R Twine]

Sayan Mukherjee wrote: I need to print some text from a simple C program. How do I do it?    If when you say "print" you mean console, you can use puts(...) or the "stdout" file handle with fprintf(...), fputs(...), etc.    If you mean "printer", you may be able to use the stdprn file handle.    Peace! -=- James.