TPC 2012 Print text to network printer

[StevenA]

Another TPC question...  Has anyone ever tried to print a simple text file to a network printer using the LabVIEW Touch Panel Module?  Also, the TPC 2012 has a parallel port (printer port).  Has anyone tried to use this to print from LabVIEW?

[Jared_B]

StevenA,

There is no direct way to programmatically use a printer with the Touch Panel Module. Some thoughts on how this could be done:

1) If you were using an older line printer, you would be able to print what you send serially in your VI.
2) With LabVIEW TP Module 8.5, there's an inline C node which may allow you to implement this via embedded C code.
3) With LabVIEW TP Module 8.5, you can run applications using Run Application.VI. You could possibly create an external application which prints something that you call via your LabVIEW VI.