Help: send text to printer.

[FaridEsna]

Hi there

I want to know how I can send a text file to the printer in a text-based c program in Unix environment.

Is it possible to get the name of the printers connected to the server, and choose among them if there are more than one?

Thanks a lot.

[iain]

you could consider using a system call, system("call");
use teh standard command line syntax - so lp to print, its not a great way of doing it, if the printer is on lpt1 you may be able to use fopen("LPT1"), this works when using the com port i dont know about parallel.