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From: paulm@unix.UUCP (Owner and User)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: "C" escape codes needed
Summary: what printer ?
Message-ID: <123@unix.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 91 15:02:37 GMT
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Organization: PLM BBS, Orange, CA
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In article <28140.279f603c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, kuento@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
[...]
>     He's doing C programming, and needs to know all the various
> "escape codes" that control the printer from directly within the C
> program. He says he knows *some* of the codes, but that there are
> some he doesn't know, and he's looking for a list of some sort that
> describes them all...or something along those lines. Those of you
> who do C programming probably know whereof he speaks. I'd like to
> get responses e-mailed, but if this isn't common knowledge, perhaps
> it should also be posted, as I'm sure it's of general interest.
> Thanks,

  The actual ESCAPE codes has very little to do with 'C'.  Any code 
  can be output by placing the octal value ie. \033\001 (Escape 1 (dec) ) 
  in a message for output.  What you realy need is the type od printer
  you're working with (epson, laserjet) ?
  To output a zero try putc('\0', PRN);
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Paul Moreau.
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