From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Printing Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:24:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5f0660120903280331y780c80b7i57a8115dc4b029eb@mail.gmail.com> <5f0660120903281352v5d7ab83cy44fcff3cbf4581cb@mail.gmail.com> <87ljqnkvn9.fsf@jehiel.elehack.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238427590 22517 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2009 15:39:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Ekstrand Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 30 17:41:08 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LoJbY-00058f-Pc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:40:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59444 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoJaB-0005np-D5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:39:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoJLx-0003ji-3S for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:24:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoJLs-0003fW-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:24:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41340 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoJLs-0003fS-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:24:40 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:53965 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LoJLr-0003Gf-Rk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:24:40 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjEFACuB0ElFxIfy/2dsb2JhbACBUsoUg3oGhHc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,446,1233550800"; d="scan'208";a="35931044" Original-Received: from 69-196-135-242.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.135.242]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 30 Mar 2009 11:24:37 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B58EA8B42; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:24:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ljqnkvn9.fsf@jehiel.elehack.net> (Michael Ekstrand's message of "Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:06:18 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109917 Archived-At: >> I own a HP LaserJet 1018 which doesn't support PostScript directly, as >> don't most of the consumer printers sold today. I'm not a PostScript >> guru, but I'm pretty sure that my system indeed does some kind of >> PostScript emulation, translating PostScript commands via GhostScript >> and then telling the printer what to do in the language the latter >> understands. AFAIK, there are mainly 2 problems: 1 - Printing non-ascii chars is poorly supported. 2 - Printing on systems that do not support Postscript. The second problem is less important to the extent that it only affects proprietary operating systems, AFAIK, and it can be solved by installing additional Free Software (mostly Ghostscript). A further problem is the lack of "printing dialog" to choose the printer and the printing style. Stefan