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Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 10:20:17 -0800
From: Ben Shadwick <ben DOT shadwick AT search DOT van DOT wa DOT us>
Reply-To: ben DOT shadwick AT search DOT van DOT wa DOT us
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Output to the Printer
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> Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) writes:
> > On 3 Mar 1997, Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> > 
> >>   printer=fopen("PRN:","w");
> > 
> > Did you actually try this?  AFAIK, it should be "PRN", not "PRN:".
> 
> All my DOS manuals call the device PRN:. Same for all the COM, LPT, and CON.

Actually, it's "CON" and "PRN" (no ':'s), and "COMx:" and "LPTx:" (where
'x' is the port number, e.g. COM1: or LPT2:)