Message-ID: <36DFEABD.1074@cbhc.ns.ca> From: David Nugent X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Help, DJGPP or ALLEGRO are doing something to printer output? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 23 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:31:25 +0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.176.79.34 X-Trace: sapphire.mtt.net 920665916 142.176.79.34 (Fri, 05 Mar 1999 16:31:56 ADT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 16:31:56 ADT Organization: Business Internet To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Ok guru's...... Figure this one.. Has anyone had any experiences with printing from within a program? I wrote a program that creates a file and sends it to a printer. I am using DJGPP and the ALLEGRO library. When it goes to the printer, the printer's data light flashes for a few seconds, and then the error light comes on. I originally tried sending the file to stdprn, and thought this is where the problem was. So then I wrote the output to a file and then did a "COPY /B FILENAME LPT1:" This worked. Now if I take the same file, and from within my program issue... system ("copy /B filename LPT1:"); It starts to go to the printer, but then the error light comes on. Now if I exit my program and use the old "COPY /B FILENAME LPT1:" from the command prompt the same file works.. This has me really confused... What is worse is that if I take a file designed for a different printer, and try this, it seems to work ok.. Anyone have any ideas?