How to code in java to print text file (dotmatrix printer)?

This program should work:

Source code:

package mypackage;
import java.io.*;

public class SimplePrinting {
public static String strLine;
public static String strLine1="";
 

public static void main(String[] args) {
try{
// Open the file that is the first 
// command line parameter
FileInputStream fstream = new FileInputStream("c:\test.txt");
// Get the object of DataInputStream
DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(fstream);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
//Read File Line By Line
while ((strLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
// Print the content on the console
strLine1 = strLine1 + strLine;
}
//Close the input stream
in.close();
}catch (Exception e){//Catch exception if any
System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}

try {
FileWriter out = new FileWriter("lpt1");
out.write(strLine1);
out.write(0x0D); // CR
out.close();
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
} 

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