>>Hi Andrus,
>>If you're trying to print plain ASCII such as .prg or .txt you could use :
>>

>>set headings off
>>set console off
>>type myfile.ext to printer [prompt]
>>set console on
>

>Cetin,
>
>type replaces non-printable characters.
>How to send pure binary data dynamically (after each key pressed from keyboard) to lpt port? Converting each keypress to file and send this through DOS is too slow. "???" command seems not to work always. For com, i found opencomm()/writecomm(). Are such things available to lpt also?
I didn't do it in VFP.

??? work but spooling is problem. ie:

set print on
??? chr(27)+chr(69)+chr(27)+chr(38)+chr(108)+chr(49)+chr(79)+"Hello there"+chr(27)+chr(38)+chr(114)+chr(49)+chr(70)+chr(12)
set print off

Would print "Hello there" reversed landscape (HP LJ) but ending codes are missing. Spooler is problem. With correct codes it should print (maybe setting to a generic printer).
Cetin