Try to use the ??? command...it goes directly to the printer

>I am trying to send a character string to a parallel port.
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>Can't I just issue the following:
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>nFile = fopen('prn')
>fputs(nFile,"Hello World")
>fclose(nFile)
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>if I check nFile .. I do get a valid file handle but nothing goes to the printer.
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>Thanks,
>Paul Acton