From: Norman Belssner Date: 2006-10-10T14:59:16+09:00 Subject: Printing to USB printer in Windows2000 --0-1985790482-1160459953=:39667 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I have been printing to a HP printer in windows2000 using $stdout = File.open("LPT1", "W") print "Line 1 \n" I can even control the HP deskjet using Ascii control codes. I just got a new printer that interfaces using a USB port and is USB001 on the system. Replacing LPT1 with USB001 does not work. Any ideas? --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. --0-1985790482-1160459953=:39667--