Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Greg Yasko]

Hi. Could someone shed some light on this subject?

I'm trying to print from Emacs in Windows 2000. I have an HP LaserJet 6L 
hooked up to the printserver port of a NetGear FR114P gateway/firewall.

After googling extensively and searching the Emacs manual, I'm lost. The 
port I'm using is FR114P_P1 as set up by NetGear's driver.

My .emacs file is the following and it's in my HOME path:

(setq lpr-command "lpr")
(setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")
(setq ps-lpr-command "lpr")
(setq ps-printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")


Have tried "//FR114P_P1", "//lpd://192.168.01/L1" and "HP_LaserJet_6L" for 
printer name. Nothing works.

Thanks.

-Greg

Re: Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:31:44 -0500
> From: Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>
> 
> (setq lpr-command "lpr")

Do you really have a program on your machine called `lpr.exe'?  If
not, the above is wrong.

> (setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")

Does this name work if you use it from the DOS box's command line?  If
not, you will probably need to use "net use" to redirect one of the
LPRn ports to this printer, as described in the Emacs manual (in the
node "MS-DOS Printing").

Re: Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Greg Yasko]

Please assist further if possible.

When I try "net view" I get "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" and no associated printers 
when typing "net view RICHARD_LGFRTR7". But when I look in the 
properties page for the printer control panel the port name is FR114P_P1 
and the device address is 192.168.0.1.

Have tried the following and also have substituted "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" to 
no effect:

(setq lpr-command "")
(setq printer-name "FR114P_P1")
(setq ps-lpr-command "")
(setq ps-printer-name "FR114P_P1")

Also, the description of "net use" in the emacs manual is for a shared 
printer connected to another computer. My printer is hooked up to a 
NetGear FR114P Gateway/Router & not directly to another PC.

I have no idea how to print directly from DOS with this setup & have 
tried a number of things.

Thanks again.

-Greg







Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:31:44 -0500
>>From: Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>
>>
>>(setq lpr-command "lpr")
> 
> 
> Do you really have a program on your machine called `lpr.exe'?  If
> not, the above is wrong.
> 
> 
>>(setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")
> 
> 
> Does this name work if you use it from the DOS box's command line?  If
> not, you will probably need to use "net use" to redirect one of the
> LPRn ports to this printer, as described in the Emacs manual (in the
> node "MS-DOS Printing").
> 
> 

Re: Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Greg Yasko]

Okay. Using the lpr.exe from C:\WINNT\system32 I can print from MSDOS.

Issuing "lpr -S 192.168.0.1 -P HP_LaserJet_6L -d test" prints my test 
file. How could I translate that to the necessary .emacs file entries?

Thanks.



-Greg Yasko






Greg Yasko wrote:
> Please assist further if possible.
> 
> When I try "net view" I get "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" and no associated printers 
> when typing "net view RICHARD_LGFRTR7". But when I look in the 
> properties page for the printer control panel the port name is FR114P_P1 
> and the device address is 192.168.0.1.
> 
> Have tried the following and also have substituted "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" to 
> no effect:
> 
> (setq lpr-command "")
> (setq printer-name "FR114P_P1")
> (setq ps-lpr-command "")
> (setq ps-printer-name "FR114P_P1")
> 
> Also, the description of "net use" in the emacs manual is for a shared 
> printer connected to another computer. My printer is hooked up to a 
> NetGear FR114P Gateway/Router & not directly to another PC.
> 
> I have no idea how to print directly from DOS with this setup & have 
> tried a number of things.
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> -Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
>>> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:31:44 -0500
>>> From: Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>
>>>
>>> (setq lpr-command "lpr")
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you really have a program on your machine called `lpr.exe'?  If
>> not, the above is wrong.
>>
>>
>>> (setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")
>>
>>
>>
>> Does this name work if you use it from the DOS box's command line?  If
>> not, you will probably need to use "net use" to redirect one of the
>> LPRn ports to this printer, as described in the Emacs manual (in the
>> node "MS-DOS Printing").
>>
>>
> 

[Solved] Re: Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Greg Yasko]

Found the answers to my problem -- first turned on print sharing in 
Windows. Then "net view" gives the server and "net view servername" 
gives the printer. Then installed EMacro http://emacro.sourceforge.net/
& now everything works beautifully.

EMacro is a very clever piece of software. Quite cool.

Thanks -- the help I got was all I needed, that and about 3 hours.

-Greg Yasko


Greg Yasko wrote:
> Okay. Using the lpr.exe from C:\WINNT\system32 I can print from MSDOS.
> 
> Issuing "lpr -S 192.168.0.1 -P HP_LaserJet_6L -d test" prints my test 
> file. How could I translate that to the necessary .emacs file entries?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> -Greg Yasko
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Greg Yasko wrote:
> 
>> Please assist further if possible.
>>
>> When I try "net view" I get "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" and no associated 
>> printers when typing "net view RICHARD_LGFRTR7". But when I look in 
>> the properties page for the printer control panel the port name is 
>> FR114P_P1 and the device address is 192.168.0.1.
>>
>> Have tried the following and also have substituted "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" 
>> to no effect:
>>
>> (setq lpr-command "")
>> (setq printer-name "FR114P_P1")
>> (setq ps-lpr-command "")
>> (setq ps-printer-name "FR114P_P1")
>>
>> Also, the description of "net use" in the emacs manual is for a shared 
>> printer connected to another computer. My printer is hooked up to a 
>> NetGear FR114P Gateway/Router & not directly to another PC.
>>
>> I have no idea how to print directly from DOS with this setup & have 
>> tried a number of things.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>
>>>> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:31:44 -0500
>>>> From: Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>
>>>>
>>>> (setq lpr-command "lpr")
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you really have a program on your machine called `lpr.exe'?  If
>>> not, the above is wrong.
>>>
>>>
>>>> (setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Does this name work if you use it from the DOS box's command line?  If
>>> not, you will probably need to use "net use" to redirect one of the
>>> LPRn ports to this printer, as described in the Emacs manual (in the
>>> node "MS-DOS Printing").
>>>
>>>
>>
>