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From: mcc@tyrolia.cs.princeton.edu (Martin C. Carlisle)
Subject: Re: Printing in Ada
Date: 1997/03/18
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Organization: US Air Force Academy
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Date: 1997-03-18T00:00:00+00:00
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Bryan Hyatt wrote:
> 
> I have the Gnat 3.09 version for Windows 95 of Ada.  Is it possible to
> send output directly to a printer instead of via a file.

You could also try open'ing "lpt1:" if you have it attached. 
Of course the printer codes are not system independent, so your
code would not be portable.  

Alternatively, you can get the win32ada binding, and use Windows 95
calls to get at the printer.

--Martin
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