Re: typewriter function for an impact printer?
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:02:41PM -0500, Larry Irwin wrote:
> Could you do something as simple as:
> cat - > /dev/lp0
> ?
Well, yes this works for line at a time.
It doesn't work for character at a time
It doesn't, by itself, lock /dev/lp0 so that lpd waits.
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Anyway, I don't want to bug people with "how can I write an app that
does this" since I can poke away at it.
I was just interested in if anybody knew of an off-the-shelf answer.
It would appear that there isn't.
Thanks all,
Doug.
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