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: Printing from WindowXP version of emacs Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:33:42 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1134660719.186074.250590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <43A8842E.5090204@student.lu.se> <43A908F9.1070304@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135194779 1291 80.91.229.2 (21 Dec 2005 19:52:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:52:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 21 20:52:49 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ep9yj-0005d9-LR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:50:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ep9zh-0003FH-6F for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:51:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ep9xA-0001J3-ET for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:48:48 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ep9x9-0001Ig-Ju for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:48:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ep9x9-0001Ib-Dn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:48:47 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EpA0U-0003ow-Kv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:52:15 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-4-218.inter.net.il [80.230.4.218]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CGN23542 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:33:43 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <43A908F9.1070304@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:49:13 +0100) 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:32143 Archived-At: > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:49:13 +0100 > From: Lennart Borgman > CC: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > >Go to this URL: > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prdl_pif_dwfo.asp > > > >and then look in the section Printing Processes. > > > > > Thanks, but that was on of the pages I have been reading. It is a good > overview to start with. I am however looking for something about where > in that picture something like > > c:\> copy file.txt \\host-name\queue-name > > ties in. (Or dito using LPT1 etc.) AFAIU, these queues are watched by the spooler, which sends the text to a printer processor for the designated printer. The printer processor converts the text into a data stream suitable for the printer hardware (e.g., a stream of PCL commands), and then sends that data stream back to the spooler. The spooler then sends the data to the relevant printer monitor, which actually controls the printer's hardware port.