Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucla-cs!uci-ics!gateway From: jduarte@BONNIE.ICS.UCI.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal Subject: writing to the printer Message-ID: <8909281247.aa14862@BONNIE.ICS.UCI.EDU> Date: 28 Sep 89 19:47:26 GMT Sender: mmdf@paris.ics.uci.edu (PostMaster) Lines: 17 To: comp.lang.pascal@BONNIE.ICS.UCI.EDU I have some comments to state about writing to the printer: Since the person who needed help was using TP 3.02...He cannot use the TP 4.0/5.0/5.5 printer unit (uses printer) as some people have suggested because TP 3.02 does not support units... I was also wondering why no one suggested using the DOS 'lpt1' or 'prn' *file-like* interface to peripherals ??? Doesn't TP only run on PC's using PC-DOS/MS-DOS ??? Also, a print-out can be made by re-directing output to the printer in the DOS operating system using the external command "MODE.COM" => A>mode lpt1 := con I believe is the correct command.