I would greatly appreciate any on this problem:

For years I have been happily printing away (in VB 3) to networked HP
Laserjets.  I don't use the printer object - I pass the raw printer codes to
the printer like this:

OPEN "LPT2.PRN" FOR OUTPUT AS #2
PRINT #2, CHR$(24)+"E"      ' Init laserjet
etc.
CLOSE #2
I control cursor positioning, fonts etc. with a set of functions that produce
the appropriate PCL control codes.   I was thus able to move  over a lot of QB
4.5 code with no work at all.

The problem:  now I want to print to a local printer (to make some labels on
an Epson compatible dor matrix printer).  I tried:

OPEN "LPT1.PRN" FOR OUTPUT AS #1

and get a 'Path/File access error'.  Why?  How come it works for LPT2 but not
LPT1?

Many TIA

Bill Trembath

North Vancouver, B.C.
Canada

try this:  OPEN Printer.Port FOR OUTPUT AS #2

then you can:
Print #1, Space(10) & "DEPO Report for:  " & Site & "  for the month of:  " &
Month
Print #1, Space(10) & String(60, 95)
Print #1, vbCrLf
or whatever else you'd like to do...

HiH's
Cliff