Re: Printing permissions problem under Win7

[Deniz Dogan]

2010/12/28 Scott Meyers <NeverRead@aristeia.com>:
> I've been running Emacs 21.3.1 under WinXP, and I can print to a network
> printer without difficulty using print-buffer.  I have the following in my
> .emacs file:
>
> (setq printer-name "//Patroklos/HP LaserJet 6L")
>
> I've just installed Emacs 23.2.1 (a newer version than above) under Win7,
> and with the same line in my .emacs file, attempts to use print-buffer fail,
> and the following appears in my messages buffer:
>
> Spooling with options (page headers are not supported)...
> direct-print-region-helper: Opening output file: permission denied,
> //Patroklos/HP LaserJet 6L
>
> Printing from other applications to this printer on the Win7 machine works
> fine.  Running Emacs as Administrator does not help.
>
> Any idea what I need to do to enable printing from this version of Emacs on
> this OS?
>

I'm probably mistaken but shouldn't that be \\Patroklos\...?

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Deniz Dogan