Re: print as opposed to ps-print

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>]

Francesco Scaglioni wrote:

> For some reason ps-print works fine but when I try plain print I get
> an message of:
> 
> spooling with options -H


Use the source (lpr.el).  That suggests you have lpr-headers-switches set,
and it specifies "-H".


> and pesto -- nothing happens.


Try setting lpr-headers-switches to nil, or using `M-x lpr' instead of

`M-x print'.


> I know how to de-spool a ps-print spool but cannot find where in
> customisation to prevent the spooling of the plain print command or (
> even better ) prevent it from spooling at all.

"Spooling" in this situation is just a reference to the behavior of the

Unix lpr command.  Make sure lpr-command is set correctly -- it should
probably be the same as ps-lpr-command.


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