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: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:49:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1134660719.186074.250590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> <43A8842E.5090204@student.lu.se> <43A908F9.1070304@student.lu.se> <43A9B6D5.9010205@student.lu.se> <43A9DBB8.3010204@student.lu.se> <43AA5D94.8000602@student.lu.se> <43AB10BE.1040104@student.lu.se> <43AC0473.7030109@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1135432715 25286 80.91.229.2 (24 Dec 2005 13:58:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:58:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 24 14:58:32 2005 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 1Eq9ui-0002Wg-Ot for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:58:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq9vp-00019h-2r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:59:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq9sU-0008EU-3r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:56:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq9sQ-0008D4-93 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:56:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Eq9n1-0006d5-45 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:50:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Eq9mU-0006wn-Cq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:49:54 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id HJA04013; Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:49:16 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-207-150.inter.net.il [83.130.207.150]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.2-GA) with ESMTP id CGX91681 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 24 Dec 2005 15:49:15 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:20:40 +0200) 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:32204 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:20:40 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > > > >Can you try ``connecting'' that printer to LPT1 or a similar port? > > >Click Start->Settings->Printers and Faxes, then right-click on the > > >printer's name, select Properties, and click on the Ports tab. Find a > > >free printer port and click on its checkbox. Then see if COPY and/or > > >Emacs can print to that port as if it were a file (in Emacs, set > > >printer-name to that port). > > > > > Is this different from "net use" in some respect? > > I don't know, it might be. Another thing to try is to use the PRINT command: print /d:\\printserver\sharename drive:\path\filename.txt where filename.txt is the text file to print. Does that work for you?