Using a USB printer for output

[muthuivs]

Does anyone know how to get a c++ program to output to a usb printer or at the very least an acrobat distiller? I am trying to use the following:

ofstream print;
print.open("lpt1:", ios:ut);

print<<"blah blah blah";


but I guess I have a usb printer and not a lpt1 printer. PLease help...I am going crazy here!!!

MuthuIVS

 

[xwb]

Try something like usb001 - check your registry

 

[muthuivs]

I am printing to a RTF then maually printing the file. It seems to be easier especially porting it to a different compiler may be hell down the road. Thanks.

MuthuIVS

 

[xwb]

I don't really understand what you are trying to do.

RTF is a file format that keeps on changing. It is probably controlled by M$ but I'm not really sure. Word 6/95/97 used the 1.6 specification. Word 2000 uses 1.7 and Word XP uses 1.8. When you say printing to a RTF, are you really writing it out in RTF to a file?

I thought you were just trying to write directly to a USB port.

 

[muthuivs]

I was trying to print to a usb printer but I didn't know how so I out put the results to a rtf then get the user to print from there. I gave up trying to print sirectly

MuthuIVS