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Selecting Printer Port

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trmptr64

trmptr64

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Nov 5, 2003
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I am trying to get a qbasic program to print to LPT3. Currently it is printing to a .prn file and spooling automatically to LPT1. Any way to change this? Thanks for any help.
 
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PTR$ = "LPT1:"
PRINTER = FREEFILE
OPEN PTR$ FOR OUTPUT AS #PRINTER
PRINT #PRINTER, "This is printer 3"
CLOSE #PRINTER

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Edit above post to read

PTR$ = "LPT3:"



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