From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: cameroncb1@gmail.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: isn't there any simple, standard way to print in windowsXP? Date: 26 Jul 2006 08:09:49 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1153926589.548635.285130@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> References: <20060725112217.99874.qmail@web31313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153928505 28001 80.91.229.2 (26 Jul 2006 15:41:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:41:45 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 26 17:41:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5lVn-0005n9-NO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:41:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5lVn-0001qD-9C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:41:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.122.202.12 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1153926594 720 127.0.0.1 (26 Jul 2006 15:09:54 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:09:54 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.13) Gecko/20060414,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=131.122.202.12; posting-account=TijsAw0AAADfyDgWL3QmRbq-79wOrm52 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140620 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36245 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: "B. T. Raven" > > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:47:13 -0500 > > > > If it is a PostScript printer, is it NECESSARY to use postscript print > > when running emacs under a version of the msw OS? > > No, it's not necessary. "M-x lpr-buffer" (or File->Print Buffer from > the menu bar) should also work. > > > I have 22.0.50 mostly working with msw2000 but nothing from the > > printer (a multi-function device whose printer component is "LPT1") > > Whether I set it to shared or not I see only Spooling.... done ... > > and then nothing. How do I go about diagnosing this problem? > > Please try printing from Emacs launched as "emacs -Q". If it works, > perhaps there's something in your .emacs init file that causes this > problem. I tried using M-x lpr-buffer under Windows XP Professional after having invoked Emacs using emacs -q and, later, emacs -Q. In both cases, I got the Emacs message "Spooling with options (page headers are not supported) ...done". However, nothing was printed, nor could I find the output of the spooler. Charles B. Cameron