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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: printing from w32 emacs
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:22:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u4q6ofbtf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YFAbf.6301$AS6.3662@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> (ecinmn@peoplepc.com)

> From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@peoplepc.com>
> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:24:24 GMT
> 
> Has any of you out there been able to print from emacs to your local
> printer?

Yes, easily.

> My installation is acting as if I am printing to NULL. This is
> from an emacs 21.3 on win98 to a Canon i850. Neither PRN (default) or
> LPT1 works as 'printer-name, quoted or not. Printer works fine if I
> minimize emacs and run any other windows app incorporating a print
> function. I had same results with an HP laserjet.
> I would appreciate any light any of you could throw on this problem.

Did you try to read the manual and follow its advice?  The node
"MS-DOS printing" (whose name is misleading: it pertains to Windows as
well) explains how to find out what printer name to use in Emacs and
how to set up printing in several popular situations.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-11-07 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-07  4:24 printing from w32 emacs B. T. Raven
2005-11-07  7:07 ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-07 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
     [not found] ` <mailman.14313.1131394933.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-11-08  1:11   ` B. T. Raven
2005-11-08  1:23     ` Lennart Borgman
2005-11-08  4:45     ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]     ` <mailman.14348.1131425112.20277.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-11-10  2:10       ` B. T. Raven
2005-11-10  4:25         ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-10  5:21 ` rgb

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