[Solved] Re: Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>]

Found the answers to my problem -- first turned on print sharing in 
Windows. Then "net view" gives the server and "net view servername" 
gives the printer. Then installed EMacro http://emacro.sourceforge.net/
& now everything works beautifully.

EMacro is a very clever piece of software. Quite cool.

Thanks -- the help I got was all I needed, that and about 3 hours.

-Greg Yasko


Greg Yasko wrote:
> Okay. Using the lpr.exe from C:\WINNT\system32 I can print from MSDOS.
> 
> Issuing "lpr -S 192.168.0.1 -P HP_LaserJet_6L -d test" prints my test 
> file. How could I translate that to the necessary .emacs file entries?
> 
> Thanks.
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> -Greg Yasko
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> Greg Yasko wrote:
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>> Please assist further if possible.
>>
>> When I try "net view" I get "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" and no associated 
>> printers when typing "net view RICHARD_LGFRTR7". But when I look in 
>> the properties page for the printer control panel the port name is 
>> FR114P_P1 and the device address is 192.168.0.1.
>>
>> Have tried the following and also have substituted "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" 
>> to no effect:
>>
>> (setq lpr-command "")
>> (setq printer-name "FR114P_P1")
>> (setq ps-lpr-command "")
>> (setq ps-printer-name "FR114P_P1")
>>
>> Also, the description of "net use" in the emacs manual is for a shared 
>> printer connected to another computer. My printer is hooked up to a 
>> NetGear FR114P Gateway/Router & not directly to another PC.
>>
>> I have no idea how to print directly from DOS with this setup & have 
>> tried a number of things.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> -Greg
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>> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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>>>> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:31:44 -0500
>>>> From: Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>
>>>>
>>>> (setq lpr-command "lpr")
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you really have a program on your machine called `lpr.exe'?  If
>>> not, the above is wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>>> (setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does this name work if you use it from the DOS box's command line?  If
>>> not, you will probably need to use "net use" to redirect one of the
>>> LPRn ports to this printer, as described in the Emacs manual (in the
>>> node "MS-DOS Printing").
>>>
>>>
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