Re: How To Print To Printer GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2008-03-26 on RELEASE

[ChristopherL]

On Apr 6, 10:51 am, ChristopherL <clusard...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Apr 6, 10:05 am, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
>
> > Am 06.04.2009 um 18:06 schrieb ChristopherL:
>
> > > How do I setup Emacs to be able to print to a printer.
>
> > By reading the documentation. (And setting an environment variable  
> > PRINTER.)
>
> > GNU Emacs can either create a text output or a PostScript output (you  
> > can check this output by using ps-spool-* instead of the ps-print-*  
> > commands, later you can use ps-despool-* to print). Both are fed to  
> > the user's default printer.
>
> I am really new to setting variables and controlling the setup and
> it's vague to me. Can you post a detailed step-by-step description of
> how to print.
>
> Again thanks,
> Chris

M-x customize-variable
printer-name

Did not work when I set the "name" and "saved it for future settings"

Chris