[PD] Controlling a Printer

[Mathieu Bouchard]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, Tyler Leavitt wrote:
>
>> I was curious if anybody has dabbled in controlling a printer through pd. 
>> I'm waiting for a cheap one to arrive at the local second-hand store, so 
>> while I wait to attempt it myself I thought I'd ask the list.
>
> If using a Parallel Port (LPT) interface on Linux, there's [parallelport] in 
> GridFlow.
>
> But I only used it for plugging buttons and LEDs directly into the port.

It's actually named [parallel_port] and the argument is mandatory and 
opens the device immediately or else you get the red dashes.

The help file screenshot is 
http://gridflow.ca/help/parallel_port-help.html

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