printing

printing

[Kevin Reeder]

Text printing runs the left most columns off of the page. From the command
line I can run say, pr -h "" -0 5 %s | lpr and get what I expect but
haven't had success within Emacs. I've toyed with various switches and
options in the WP-Lpr Group and still no good. Any tips?

Kevin

Printing

[Sharon Kimble]

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I have this set in my 'init.org' -

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printing with gtklp
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq lpr-command "gtklp")
(setq ps-lpr-command "gtklp")
#+end_src
[2016-01-13 Wed 11:11]
http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/9363/how-to-specify-a-printer
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But when I print a letter it comes out with a 'raw' look, and a not very
nice typeface.

But if I use 'prettyprint' the typeface looks smaller and more
attractive - but - it also prints a header showing the filename and the
date and time of printing, which is not what I want.

How then can I have a 'prettyprint' typeface but without the file header
of buffer and print date and time please?

Thanks
Sharon.
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Re: Printing

[tomas]

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On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 02:35:19PM +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> 
> I have this set in my 'init.org' -
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> printing with gtklp
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (setq lpr-command "gtklp")
> (setq ps-lpr-command "gtklp")
> #+end_src
> [2016-01-13 Wed 11:11]
> http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/9363/how-to-specify-a-printer
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I don't know very much about gtklp, but you could give

  M-x customize-group RET Lpr RET

a try. There are some options there related to page headers. Perhaps
gtklp understands options in a compatible way to lpr.

hth
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Re: Printing

[Robert Thorpe]

Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:

> But if I use 'prettyprint' the typeface looks smaller and more
> attractive - but - it also prints a header showing the filename and the
> date and time of printing, which is not what I want.
>
> How then can I have a 'prettyprint' typeface but without the file header
> of buffer and print date and time please?

I have been having problems with pretty-print recently too.  I don't
know very much about how to customize it.  It seems that not many other
people know much about it either because my questions have been
unanswered.

If I find out more I'll tell you.

BR,
Robert Thorpe

printing

[Gottfried]

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Hi,

I added this to my init.el file:

;;printer
(setq lpr-switches
       (append '("-P" "HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One"
                 "-o" "sides=two-sided-long-edge"
                 "-o" "number-up=2")
               lpr-switches))


But still it does not find my printer.

Where is my mistake?
The two lines after the printer I am not sure if they are right as well,
but probably that has nothing to do with the printer itself.

I have got a "HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One" printer


Kind regards

Gottfried


Am 14.12.22 um 18:27 schrieb Philip Kaludercic:
> Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> 
>> Hallo,
>> ich wollte einen Puffer ausdrucken (das erste Mal)
>> und es gab diese Fehlermeldung:
>>
>> lpr-print-region: Spooling...done: /home/gfp/.guix-profile/bin/lpr:
>> Fehler - Kein voreingestelltes Ziel.
>>
>> Wie kann ich das Ziel einstellen?
>>
>> danke
>> Gottfried
> 
> You have to take a look at `lpr-switches', and specifically figure out
> what -P<printer name> flag to add, so that the "lpr" command knows where
> you want to print.

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Re: printing

[Michael Heerdegen]

Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:

> I added this to my init.el file:
>
> ;;printer
> (setq lpr-switches
>       (append '("-P" "HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One"
>                 "-o" "sides=two-sided-long-edge"
>                 "-o" "number-up=2")
>               lpr-switches))
>
>
> But still it does not find my printer.
>
> Where is my mistake?
> The two lines after the printer I am not sure if they are right as well,
> but probably that has nothing to do with the printer itself.

Does the lpr command print outside of Emacs?

Michael.

Re: printing

[tomas]

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On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 11:26:39PM +0100, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> 
> > I added this to my init.el file:
> >
> > ;;printer
> > (setq lpr-switches
> >       (append '("-P" "HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One"
> >                 "-o" "sides=two-sided-long-edge"
> >                 "-o" "number-up=2")
> >               lpr-switches))
> >
> >
> > But still it does not find my printer.
> >
> > Where is my mistake?
> > The two lines after the printer I am not sure if they are right as well,
> > but probably that has nothing to do with the printer itself.
> 
> Does the lpr command print outside of Emacs?

This is the first I'd try, yes. In a console, do

  lpq -a

This should show you all the printer queues your
system thinks it has. The printer queue you mention
above ("HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One") should show
up in the list.

Then try

  lpr -P HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One <some filename>

where <some filename> is the name of some existing (text
or Postscript or PDF) file and see what it happens.

Once you have that running, the Emacs part should be
easy.

Have you printed anything with your computer (outside
of Emacs) yet? How have you done it?

Cheers
-- 
t

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Re: printing

[Emanuel Berg]

tomas wrote:

>> Does the lpr command print outside of Emacs?
>
> This is the first I'd try, yes. In a console, do
>
>   lpq -a

Here are the commands I accumulated during my printing days -
and while I miss those DAYS, it's not because they involved
printing stuff ;)

  https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.zsh/printers
  https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.zsh/printers-print

-- 
underground experts united
https://dataswamp.org/~incal

Re: printing

[Gottfried]

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Hi,

My operating system in GNU Guix, it's not a normal linux distro.

> Does the lpr command print outside of Emacs?

I am not sure what you mean and how to do it.

I have cups installed.

I never printed with the terminal, so I don't know.
I tried it briefly with:
sudo cat my-file-to-print.txt > /dev/lp

but it didn't work.

basically my printer is working with cups installed,
and I even managed to print from emacs with my browser by that:

M-x htmlfontify-buffer		
file:///home/gfp/testeev.txt	
browse-url-of-file		


thanks for help

Gottfried



Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: printing
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Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:

 > I added this to my init.el file:
 >
 > ;;printer
 > (setq lpr-switches
 >       (append '("-P" "HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One"
 >                 "-o" "sides=two-sided-long-edge"
 >                 "-o" "number-up=2")
 >               lpr-switches))
 >
 >
 > But still it does not find my printer.
 >
 > Where is my mistake?
 > The two lines after the printer I am not sure if they are right as well,
 > but probably that has nothing to do with the printer itself.

Does the lpr command print outside of Emacs?

Michael.


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Re: printing

[tomas]

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On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 12:31:25PM +0000, Gottfried wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My operating system in GNU Guix, it's not a normal linux distro.
> 
> > Does the lpr command print outside of Emacs?
> 
> I am not sure what you mean and how to do it.
> 
> I have cups installed.

There is a compatibility package providing the command `lpr' for
cups. Under Debian, it is called cups-bsd. I don't know how to
find something equivalent under Guix, but the idea is to search
for a package providing an executable named lpr and somehow linked
to cups.

> I never printed with the terminal, so I don't know.
> I tried it briefly with:
> sudo cat my-file-to-print.txt > /dev/lp
> 
> but it didn't work.

Those were the times :)

You have to find an executable named lpr which goes with your cups.

> basically my printer is working with cups installed,
> and I even managed to print from emacs with my browser by that:

These days the operating system is just a driver for the browser,
it seems ;-)

Cheers
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t

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Re: printing

[Gottfried]

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Hi,

I found the mistake why I couldn't print in emacs.


My printer has a different name and I changed it in my init.el file.

HP_Officejet_J4680_series


No I can print within emacs, at the moment with the menu: print

Other options I have to figure out.


Kind regards

  Gottfried



Am 16.12.22 um 16:27 schrieb Gottfried:
> Hi,
> 
> I added this to my init.el file:
> 
> ;;printer
> (setq lpr-switches
>        (append '("-P" "HP_Officejet_J4680_All-in-One"
>                  "-o" "sides=two-sided-long-edge"
>                  "-o" "number-up=2")
>                lpr-switches))
> 
> 
> But still it does not find my printer.
> 

> 

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Re: printing

[tomas]

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On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 01:48:02PM +0000, Gottfried wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I found the mistake why I couldn't print in emacs.
> 
> 
> My printer has a different name and I changed it in my init.el file.
> 
> HP_Officejet_J4680_series

Aha :-)

> No I can print within emacs, at the moment with the menu: print

I think that was meant to be a "Now"? In that case, congrats!

Cheers
-- 
t

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