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Printing
QBasic's support for printing is limited to text output to a printer device (known as a line printer in prior years).

Print Commands	lprint, lprint using
Print Command Modifiers	lpos, spc, tab, width

Printer Functions Reference
Here's a quick reference of the available printing functions, in alphabetical order.

• lpos - returns last printed position on the current line

      result% = lpos(n%)   # n% values:  0=LPT1 1=LPT1 2=LPT2 3=LPT3
      

• lprint - prints to LPT1

      lprint a$, b%, c%      # prints 3 variables, cursor moves to next line
      lprint a$, b%, c%;     # prints 3 variables, keep cursor on same line
      lprint a$, b%, c%,     # prints 3 variables, move to next print zone
      

  If statement ends with semicolon to keep cursor on same line, or with comma to move cursor to the next print zone.

• lprint using - prints to LPT1 using custom format

      lptrint using format$, a$, b%, c%    # custom format
      

  If statement ends with semicolon to keep cursor on same line, or with comma to move cursor to the next print zone.

• spc - moves cursor a specified number of columns

      lprint a$; spc(20); b$  # b$ prints 20 spaces after a$
      

• tab - moves cursor to specified column

      lprint tab(column%), a$       # starts printing a$ in column 40
      

• width - sets width of printed lines

      width lprint column%     # syntax
      width "LPT1", column%    # alternate syntax
      width lprint 40          # sets line width to 40 columns
      width "LPT1", 30         # sets line width to 30 columns
      

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