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How to print text to Dot Matrix Printer

 
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Can anyone tell me how do we print text to dot matrix printer.
 
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Well, you likely have to write some sort of native code to communicate with the operating system, which has drivers for the printer.

However, this is probably not easy, and I would think that there are already third party libraries out there that have solved this problem. So google around for solutions that other people have made.
 
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Actually, if you googled around a little bit, you might find that you could access the printer like a file, and simply write text to it directly.
 
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