<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-c (Feb 29, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>9.3 Printer Programming</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="9.3 Printer Programming"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="lpg"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="lpg.css"> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="EN"> <A NAME="tex2html2009" HREF="node135.html"><IMG WIDTH=37 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="next" SRC="/icons//next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2007" HREF="node131.html"><IMG WIDTH=26 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="up" SRC="/icons//up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2001" HREF="node133.html"><IMG WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="previous" SRC="/icons//previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html2011" HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="/icons//contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html2010" HREF="node135.html">9.4 Joystick Programming</A> <B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html2008" HREF="node131.html">9 Programming I/O ports</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html2002" HREF="node133.html">9.2 Modem Programming</A> <BR> <P> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001030000000000000000">9.3 Printer Programming</A></H1> <P> See example checklp.c<BR> Don't use termios to control printer port. Use ioctl and inb/outb if necessary.<BR> Use Epson, Postscript, PCL, etc. commands to control printer.<BR> <<I>linux</I>/<I>lp</I>.<I>h</I>><BR> ioctl calls: LPCHAR, LPTIME, LPABORT, LPSETIRQ, LPGETIRQ, LPWAIT<BR> inb/outb for status and control port. <P> <BR> <HR> <P><ADDRESS> <I>Converted on: <BR> Fri Mar 29 14:43:04 EST 1996</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>