Text line order is changed when printed to the parallel printer This is for Windows 10, running C#2.0
//PortType enum
//struct for PORT_INFO_2
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct PORT_INFO_2
{
public string pPortName;
public string pMonitorName;
public string pDescription;
public PortType fPortType;
internal int Reserved;
}
[Flags]
public enum PortType : int
{
write = 0x1,
read = 0x2,
redirected = 0x4,
net_attached = 0x8
}
//Win32 API
[DllImport("winspool.drv", EntryPoint = "EnumPortsA", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true)]
public static extern int EnumPorts(string pName, int Level, IntPtr lpbPorts, int cbBuf, ref int pcbNeeded, ref int pcReturned);
public const short FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = 0x80;
public const short INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1;
public const uint GENERIC_READ = 0x80000000;
public const uint GENERIC_WRITE = 0x40000000;
public const uint CREATE_NEW = 1;
public const uint CREATE_ALWAYS = 2;
public const uint OPEN_EXISTING = 3;
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr CreateFile(string lpFileName, uint dwDesiredAccess,
uint dwShareMode, IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes, uint dwCreationDisposition,
uint dwFlagsAndAttributes, IntPtr hTemplateFile);
public int PrintText(string parallelport, string receiptText, Int16 nLen, Encoding encoding)
{
IntPtr ptr = CreateFile(parallelport, GENERIC_WRITE, 0,
IntPtr.Zero, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
/* Is bad handle? INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE */
if (ptr.ToInt32() == -1)
{
/* ask the framework to marshall the win32 error code to an exception */
// Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Marshal.GetHRForLastWin32Error());
return (-1);
}
FileStream lpt = new FileStream(ptr, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
Byte[] buffer = new Byte[2048];
//Check to see if your printer support ASCII encoding or Unicode.
//If unicode is supported, use the following:
if (encoding == Encoding.Unicode)
{
buffer = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(receiptText);
}
else if (encoding == Encoding.ASCII)
{
buffer = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(receiptText);
}
lpt.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
lpt.Close();
return (0);
}
(Calling part)
ParallelOutput po = new ParallelOutput();
po.PrintText("LPT1", strPrintText, Convert.ToInt16(strPrintText.Length), Encoding.ASCII);
This module works fine when save as a file.
However the line order is changed when print to a parallel printer.
For example, if following string is passed to the parallelport,
AAAA
BBBBBBBB
CCCCCCC
DDD
Then the output result is always like following.
BBBBBBBB
CCCCCCC
DDDAAAA
User contributions licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0