Postscript Print Buffer

[Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle <Raimund.Kohl@nabuli.de>]

Hello guys,

I started diving into some "complicated" stuff - at least for my humble
mind: Postscript printing with emacs.  And I have to say I don't quite
get it.  The following settings are to be found in my .emacs:

 '(ps-font-family (quote Palatino))
 '(ps-lpr-command "lpr")
 '(ps-paper-type (quote a4))
 '(ps-printer-name-option "-P")

I avoided diving into this since some times now - now I want to "crack
the nut", so to say - and let me start with asking for help to eliminate
a problem first: Whenever I now try to print via Postscript Print Buffer
(B+W) the german Umlauts aren't printed - no matter which (given)
font-family I use.  If I instead use M-x print-buffer the Umlauts are
printed but the printout doesn't look so nice - which tells me, that
there is a big difference between the two commands.

I use emacs 21.4. on Debian Sarge with Cups ... and certainly I do have
way more questions ... later :-)

ray