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Malcolmx68
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print an image file

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It is possible to print an image files (.bmp, .jpg, .gif, etc.) with the quickbasic commands linked with LPRINT or similar?
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RayBritton
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Post by RayBritton »

no but if you are in dos mode, you can display the picture on the screen and press Prt Scrn
Malcolmx68
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print an image file

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and how can I display the image on the screen?

Thanks.
bungytheworm
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Post by bungytheworm »

If you like to use QB for screen output, then http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tut ... cs.shtml#8 is place to start.
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Post by Antoni »

RayBritton wrote:no but if you are in dos mode, you can display the picture on the screen and press Prt Scrn
...and you have loaded the GRAPHICS driver at DOS start and have a printer compatible with the very old dot-matrix IBM Proprinter.....

PrintScreen by itself printed only text screens in DOS!
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