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9.3 Printer Programming

See example checklp.c
Don't use termios to control printer port. Use ioctl and inb/outb if necessary.
Use Epson, Postscript, PCL, etc. commands to control printer.
<linux/lp.h>
ioctl calls: LPCHAR, LPTIME, LPABORT, LPSETIRQ, LPGETIRQ, LPWAIT
inb/outb for status and control port.


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