From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Keith O'Connell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: plain printing Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:06:11 GMT Organization: is a wonderful thing. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87u1avhdh8.fsf@smtp.blueyonder.co.uk> References: <87y908hnel.fsf@smtp.blueyonder.co.uk> <8465nc2zna.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <87znkogwih.fsf@smtp.blueyonder.co.uk> <1a61f7e5.0306120032.caee3db@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055409022 8764 80.91.224.249 (12 Jun 2003 09:10:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 12 11:10:21 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19QO69-0002HD-00 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19QO6N-0003oq-39 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:10:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!194.168.4.91.MISMATCH!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-text.cableinet.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Attribution: kroc X-Home-Page: http://www.galadriel.co.uk Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.195.231.6 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news-text.cableinet.net 1055408771 80.195.231.6 (Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:06:11 BST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:06:11 BST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114391 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10885 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10885 >>>>> "RT" == Rob Thorpe writes: RT> Try doing lpr filename from the shell, see what happens, try RT> doing pr filename | lpr then you know if its emacs fault. RT> It's so long since modern printers have been exposed to raw RT> text that they have almost forgotten how to print it. Finally RT> try using CR-LF line ends. If you get really desparate read RT> the lpd manual. I did as you suggested. pr filename | lpr gave the header line with dtg, filename, page number cat filename | lpr gave the top two lines I mentioned before, Clearly then this is not an emacs problem, and unless anyone has an option I should be looking at, I will repost this problem, slightly revised into a more general linux group. Thanks -- Keith. [Debian (stable) & GNU Emacs 21.2.1 - Gnus v5.9.0]