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Date:	Sat, 30 Jan 1999 21:51:01 +0100
From:	Seawolf <seawolf AT net4you DOT co DOT at>
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Subject:	Re: Newbie stdprn
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> Look at this code:
>
>     while(pch_ptr = fgets(buf , sizeof(buf) , file_ptr))
>  {
>   fputs(pch_ptr, stdprn); //Prints pointer to screen
>  }
>
> It prints to the printer like this:
>
> line one
>              next line down and over
>                                                      next line down and
> over again.
>
> Any ideas?

At the moment you're writing these strings to stdprn: "line one\n", "next
line down and over\n", "next line down and\n", "over again\n". Just append
a CR character ( '\r') to each string before sending it to the printing
device. ie. "line one\n\r", "next line down and over\n\r", ...

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