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TEXT:00,Notice that accessing the printer uses a mode of write text data. This
TEXT:16,makes sense, as printers cannot send data, and all printer line output
TEXT:16,(in text mode) is terminated with carriage and linefeed codes.
TEXT:32,After going through so much reading just to learn how to open a file or
TEXT:16,device for your program to use, you probably assume that the process
TEXT:16,of passing data between your program and the devices and files on your
TEXT:16,system is just as complex. That assumption couldn't be further from the
TEXT:16,truth. As a matter of fact, you have already learned about the library
TEXT:16,routines that handle data transfer between the program and any files or
TEXT:16,devices it works with. The next chapter will explain this in greater
TEXT:16,detail.
