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Joe Fineman <jcf@TheWorld.com> wrote in message news:<wkadatghdf.fsf@TheWorld.com>...
> robert.thorpe@antenova.com (Rob Thorpe) writes:
> 
> > Share the printer over the network (even if there isn't one).  Then
> > set Emacs to do >\\Computername\printername by customizing
> > printer-name.
> 
> Thanks for trying, but I'm afraid I'm not in your league.  I suspect I
> am a longish lecture away from understanding either "share the
> printer" or "set Emacs to do".  A friend of mine proposes to help me
> switch over to Linux, and maybe that will do the job.

Sorry, from your report of the problem (including build details etc) I
assumed you were experienced with Emacs.

Kai's post is how you do it.

Or
M-x customize-apropos RET printer RET
then change the values to what they need to be and "save for future
sessions"