*Installed cygwin on computer for C interface and read up on programming language C
*Installed cygwin on computer for C interface and read up on programming language C
*Investigated Computer Numerical Control but found it was not useful for this application
*Investigated Computer Numerical Control but found it was not useful for this application
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*Investigated serial port programming and the use of Printer Control Language on an HP printer
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*Investigated serial port programming and the use of Printer Control Language on an HP printer [http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/bpl13210/bpl13210.pdf click here for documentation on PCL]
====Parallel Port Programming====
====Parallel Port Programming====
*Interfacing directly to the printer proved very challenging
*Interfacing directly to the printer proved very challenging