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How to print a line of text to a printer?

I am using LabVeiw 5.0.1. And would like to print programatically a line of text to a printer at one point of my program and print next line at next point in the program.
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> I am using LabVeiw 5.0.1. And would like to print programatically a
> line of text to a printer at one point of my program and print next
> line at next point in the program.

This is commonly referred to as line printing, which distinguishes it
from page printing. The first thing you will need to do is have the
appropriate type of printer. Laser printers cannot physically do what
you ask for example.

Once you have a printer that supports this, you might try searching
google or another search engine for LabVIEW line printing or LabVIEW
printing to parallel port or serial port. If you want to control the
fonts or other formatting, this will get printer specific as to my
knowledge, Windows doesn't offer much support or abstraction for line
printi
ng. It is pretty much page oriented.

Greg McKaskle
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