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How do I send a file to the printer on Win32?

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Re: How do I send a file to the printer on Win32?⭐
by munchie (Monk) on Apr 14, 2002 at 20:11 UTC
    It's very easy, as I recently discovered. 
    use File::Copy;

copy($file,'lpt1:');

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Re: How do I send a file to the printer on Win32?
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 07, 2002 at 12:53 UTC
    There is also another trick to write directly to a named printer, assuming the printer is shared and using the UNC syntax: 
    copy($file,'//host/printername');

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      copy ($print_file, '//hp-exch/HP4100-IS'); this command is working great except I don't know how to send a "\n" to the printer. The print out only displays the first line and nothing else... Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian bvolk@hpproducts.com
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