Re: Printing from WindowXP version of emacs

[Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com>]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> If we need to use external programs at all (and I know of only one
> such case: when the printer in question is a network printer that is
> not available as a Windows share of the form \\server\share\printer),
> then I'd suggest a free program called PrintFile32 (available from
> http://www.lerup.com/printfile/).  Configure Emacs to use it as a
> replacement for the Unix lpr program.
>
> But I'd like first to hear from the OP which of the advice he's been
> given he tried, and what and how didn't work.  In most cases, it is
> not necessary to use external programs, as Emacs can do the job
> itself.

I just wanted to say that I just tested doing what the documentation
for printer-name says; that is to set it to the name of a shared
printer in our network.

So I set it to "//gbgfs1/gbg2b" and then called M-x lpr-buffer

It worked. 

I did not test with colors (it is no color printer) but that probably
won't work in the same way, will it?

Btw, I first tested without setting printer-name (which on Windows XP
has the default value PRN) and printed, and Emacs froze. Don't know
why though.