I sometimes might need to write to different parallel ports...Can I do this with ???

Thanks,
Paul Acton

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