Report printing on laser printer

[surnj1]

Hi,

I have written a 'C' programme that generates report in a flat text file. Then i print that text file using a 'lp' command in a simple shell script.

in a short, i need to insert page-break characters in my report file so that i can control page-braking from my 'C' programme. How do I do this? what sequence of character do i need for HP Laserjet 4100 series printer?

am i doing right? i.e generate report in a text file & then print using 'lp'. Or someone know betterway to print directly from 'c' programm?

Thanks for any comment

 

[edfair]

The standard is ^l , control l, character 12 of ascii.

Ed Fair
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[PHV]

In your C program you can write to stdout like this:

printf("%s\r\n",LineToPrint);

For a page break simply code this line:

printf("\f");

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[surnj1]

Thanks,

I got it. It works good. one thing i was asking that can i use DOS like stdprn device to print to printer:

printf(stdprn, "string to be printed"


is there any Unix equivalent? i know in unix every thing is diff. than in DOS. Still someone have better idea.

Thanks once again,
bob