Print in MIDP ...

How to print some text to a printer connectting with the PALM ?
tks.

[jun_w],
If you are referring to printing from a Palm OS device using MIDP, I am afraid you are out of luck as the MIDP specification does not make provision for any print APIs in MIDP, at least for the current MIDP 1.0 specifications.
HTH.
Allen Lai
Developer Technical Support
SUN Microsystems
http://www.sun.com/developers/support/

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