plain printing

[Keith O'Connell <kroc@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hi,

        As I work through my list of problems and misunderstandings on
        my computers, it is now the turn of printing and I would
        appreciate some guidance.

        I have the software in the sig below. and a HP Laserjet 1200
        on a network conection. I am sure that the printer is set up
        OK as prints from AbiWord and Gnumeric come out just as they
        should.

        The problem is printing from Emacs. I can print the files fine
        if I select the "Postscript Print Buffer" option. It come out
        perfectly.

        However, I want the basic print option to work, and when I
        select the less fancy "Print Buffer" option, all I get is a
        single sheet with the dtg, title and page number on the header
        line and nothing else!

        What am I likley to have done wrong? How do I get a basic
        print through a printer that is clearly working?

-- 
Keith.    
 [Debian (stable) & GNU Emacs 21.2.1 - Gnus v5.9.0]