From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: isn't there any simple, standard way to print in windowsXP? Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:34:46 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20060725112217.99874.qmail@web31313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153852517 29411 80.91.229.2 (25 Jul 2006 18:35:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:35:17 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 25 20:35:15 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5RkF-00006I-78 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:35:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5RkE-0008DC-LN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:35:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G5Rk0-0008Bq-2C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:34:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G5Rjy-0008B8-UZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:34:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G5Rjy-0008Aw-NY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:34:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.73] (helo=heller.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G5RlL-0002Ep-9m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:36:11 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-194-199.inter.net.il [83.130.194.199]) by heller.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id ABT33290 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:34:42 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <20060725112217.99874.qmail@web31313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (message from minesh varmas on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:22:17 -0700 (PDT)) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36221 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:22:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: minesh varmas > > it is so difficult to configure the printer on Ms > windows. What is it that you want to configure, exactly? If I understand correctly, the printer destination does work, i.e. the material is printed. SO what is the problem? > All i want is the print dialog box to pop up and get > the printing done. No one has written the code to do that in Emacs. > when the shared printer is specfied > (setq printer-name "//alex/HPLaserJ" > it prints the document with much larger font without > any page numbers or heading. Is that a PostScript printer? If so, you want to use "Postscript Print", not the ordinary print. (Find that in the File menu.)