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Accessing Printer Port

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Started by EonStrife March 10, 2007 12:25 AM

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EonStrife

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March 10, 2007 12:25 AM

Hi guys, I'd like to ask, any tutorial of how to read or access each bit or pin of a printer port (it's parallel port, isn't it?), using Visual C++ ? Thanks.

XXX_Andrew_XXX

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March 10, 2007 04:24 AM

This tutorial - http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csppleds.asp is one of the most referenced documents when it comes to interfacing with the parallel port.

If you're building new hardware I'd recommend using the serial port. Most small micros now have reasonable serial support, from experience it tends to make life just a little easier.

EonStrife

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March 10, 2007 05:23 AM

Thanks.
Dunno, seems that my friend just want to know how to access respective bit or pin of the port.

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March 10, 2007 11:17 AM

I vaguely remeber that I used a library called porttalk. If i recall correctly it was very easy to use, can't recall the license but it was atleast free to try (never did any real products with it though, just tested a few things).

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