changeset 70782:9fb34710a5dd

(Windows Printing): Mention non-support of plain text printing with some el-cheapo printers, and suggest a workaround.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 20 May 2006 18:56:22 +0000
parents e45930338ccf
children 216c04e10ca3
files man/msdog.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/msdog.texi	Sat May 20 18:36:50 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/msdog.texi	Sat May 20 18:56:22 2006 +0000
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@
 files, each one in the directory of the buffer from which the printing
 was done.
 
+  If the value of @code{printer-name} is correct, but printing does
+not produce the hardcopy on your printer, it is possible that your
+printer does not support printing plain text (some cheap printers omit
+this functionality).  In that case, as a workaround, try the
+PostScript print commands, described below, to the same printer
+
 @findex print-buffer @r{(MS-DOS)}
 @findex print-region @r{(MS-DOS)}
 @vindex lpr-headers-switches @r{(MS-DOS)}