# USB Printer connected to Getway

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-printer-connected-to-getway/9884>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 7, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-printer-connected-to-getway/9884 "2015-04-07T17:00:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-printer-connected-to-getway/9884/1 "2015-04-07T17:00:57Z")

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Have an application where customer wishes to have an audit trail of events sent to a serial impact line printer. This is used as hard copy back up. Printer will be serial dot matrix connected via USB to the Gateway PC. I have done this in the past connected to a serial port of a PLC and send ASCII strings to the printer.  
To duplicate this in Ignition, will I need the serial module from the Module Marketplace?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-printer-connected-to-getway/9884/2 "2015-04-07T18:38:34Z")

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Yeah, that’s going to be your best option.

To toss a caveat (you probably already knew it, but for others playing along at home), there are two flavors of the serial module. One for gateway scoping and one for client scoping.

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**Author:** ![Curlyandshemp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Curlyandshemp](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Curlyandshemp)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/usb-printer-connected-to-getway/9884/3 "2015-04-07T19:27:19Z")

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[quote=“JordanCClark”]Yeah, that’s going to be your best option.

To toss a caveat (you probably already knew it, but for others playing along at home), there are two flavors of the serial module. One for gateway scoping and one for client scoping.[/quote]

Yes , I am aware of that .

Thanks