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On 25 Jul 2003 12:07:17 -0700, cheryma@yahoo.com (Cherry) wrote:

>Hello All ..
>
> I am trying to send print jobs by clicking "Print Buffer" from Emacs
>21.3.1 on Windows XP.  The application hangs up and no print job is
>done. I modified the .emacs file with printer-name set to
><\\printserver name\printer name>. It did not work. I tried specifying
>the printer-name to local port (say LPT2) plus running net use
>command. It failed.  The only case it worked is when I ran the "net
>use" command on the print server and used LPT1 port (LPT2 always
>fails)
In your custom-set-variables section in .emacs try putting something
like:

'(printer-name "//servername/printersharename" t)

>Yet, when I logged on test client computer as end user, user still
>could not send print jobs.  Any insights please?
>
>Thanks.
>Cherry


Best Regards
John McCabe

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