hi all,
with my high spirits of witing a parrallel
port (printer module) dying ... i tried something
like this ;-) .just to get the printer showing some
movement to my code ..
#include<linux/parport.h>
...
....
....
main()
{
int fd,wrote,res;
fd = open("/dev/parport0",O_RDWR);
if(fd < 0) {
....
}
res = ioctl(fd,PPCLAIM);
if(res < 0) {
.....
}
wrote = write(fd,"abcdef\n",7);
printf("\n Wrote %d bytes to printer !\n",wrote);
}
result :
wrote 7 bytes to printer !
Printer isn't responding ! i can see the parport and
related (dep) modules being loaded after i do a lsmod
after running this programme.
i.e i didnt exit the above code i had given a
while(1); at the end .
can someone throw some *bright* light on this :-)
The printer is working fine and it is connected
properly - coz i tried printing from Windows and it is
working fine.
thanks for your time.
cheers,
Amith
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