Printing Problems

Printing Problems

[John Burns]

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To all,
I need help in getting my version of emacs - 22.3.1, under Windows 7, to
print to my Samsung laser printer which is ported to USB001.
Can anybody who has solved a problem utilizing a USB port or anyone in
general who can explain what
I need to do in layman's terms to get the printer working, please respond to
this email and help me out?  I have
read the documentation but it just isn't clear to me.   I hit the print
button at the top of the emacs page, but nothing happens.  The mini-buffer
tells me that the printing has been done.
 
Thanks in advance,
John

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RE: Printing Problems

[John Burns]

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I have found the solution to my problem with printing within Emacs. 
It is truly amazing what an extra "/" at the end of the printer-name will do
to you!
 
Sorry to have cried wolf to the group.
John

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Re: Printing Problems

[Mark Shroyer]

On 9/4/2010 5:15 PM, John Burns wrote:
> I need help in getting my version of emacs - 22.3.1, under Windows 7,
> to print to my Samsung laser printer which is ported to USB001.
> 
> Can anybody who has solved a problem utilizing a USB port or anyone
> in general who can explain what I need to do in layman’s terms to get
> the printer working, please respond to this email and help me out?  I
> have read the documentation but it just isn't clear to me.   I hit
> the print button at the top of the emacs page, but nothing happens.
> The mini-buffer tells me that the printing has been done.

Do the following:

1) Download and install GPL Ghostscript for Windows here:

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

2) Configure Emacs to use Ghostscript for PostScript printing:

> (setq
>   ps-lpr-command  "C:/Program Files/gs/gs8.64/bin/gswin32c.exe"
>   ps-lpr-switches '("-q" "-dNOPAUSE" "-dBATCH" "-sDEVICE=mswinpr2")
>   ps-printer-name t)

...adjusting the path name for the exact version of Ghostscript you've
installed, of course.  Note that I'm using an older version above; I
assume it'll work the same with Ghostscript 9.00, but I haven't tried it
myself.  8.64 is still available for download if in doubt.

Then you just need to use the ps-print-* commands instead of the print-*
commands, for instance M-x ps-print-buffer.  When you do, a Windows
print dialog should pop up, which you can use to select your printer and
modify print settings just like in most other Windows applications.

I hope this helps,

-- 
Mark Shroyer
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Printing Problems

[Robert Thorpe]

I'm having some problems with printing.

If I use the "ps-print" functions then the top of the block-shaped
header is cut off.  I have "ps-paper-type" set to A4 and an A4 printer.

If I use normal printer function like "print-region" then there is no
margin and the first letter in each column is cut in half.  I think this
is because my printer is an A4 printer and the default for "lp" is
letter.  But, I can't find an Emacs variable that can change the paper
type for the normal print functions.

BR,
Robert Thorpe

Re: Printing Problems

[Javier]

> If I use the "ps-print" functions then the top of the block-shaped
> header is cut off.  I have "ps-paper-type" set to A4 and an A4 printer.

Did you try setting these variables?

;; (info "(emacs) PostScript Variables")
(setq ps-printer-name t)
(setq ps-lpr-command "D:/gs6.01/bin/gswin32c.exe")
(setq ps-lpr-switches '("-q" "-dNOPAUSE" "-dBATCH" "-sDEVICE=mswinpr2" "-sPAPERSIZE=a4"))

Re: Printing Problems

[Robert Thorpe]

Javier <nospam@nospam.com> writes:
>> If I use the "ps-print" functions then the top of the block-shaped
>> header is cut off.  I have "ps-paper-type" set to A4 and an A4 printer.
>
> Did you try setting these variables?
>
> ;; (info "(emacs) PostScript Variables")
> (setq ps-printer-name t)
> (setq ps-lpr-command "D:/gs6.01/bin/gswin32c.exe")
> (setq ps-lpr-switches '("-q" "-dNOPAUSE" "-dBATCH" "-sDEVICE=mswinpr2" "-sPAPERSIZE=a4"))

I should have mentioned, I'm using Xubuntu in this case.  I also have
Emacs installed on Windows and in that case printing works fine, though
in that case the printer is better too.

Still, I'll have a look at the lpr switch variables.

Thanks,
Robert Thorpe