Re: isn't there any simple, standard way to print in windowsXP?

[cameroncb1]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:47:13 -0500
> >
> > If it is a PostScript printer, is it NECESSARY to use postscript print
> > when running emacs under a version of the msw OS?
>
> No, it's not necessary.  "M-x lpr-buffer" (or File->Print Buffer from
> the menu bar) should also work.
>
> > I have 22.0.50 mostly working with msw2000 but nothing from the
> > printer (a multi-function device whose printer component is "LPT1")
> > Whether I set it to shared or not I see only Spooling.... done ...
> > and then nothing. How do I go about diagnosing this problem?
>
> Please try printing from Emacs launched as "emacs -Q".  If it works,
> perhaps there's something in your .emacs init file that causes this
> problem.

I tried using M-x lpr-buffer under Windows XP Professional after having
invoked Emacs using emacs -q and, later, emacs -Q.  In both cases, I
got the Emacs message "Spooling with options (page headers are not
supported) ...done".  However, nothing was printed, nor could I find
the output of the spooler.

Charles B. Cameron