Mercurial > emacs
changeset 51694:b819086c2c6a
Add workaround for "Windows only" printers
| author | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sun, 29 Jun 2003 20:22:07 +0000 |
| parents | 04628db4db1a |
| children | 3e0f0ad2d93d |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Sun Jun 29 13:52:50 2003 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Sun Jun 29 20:22:07 2003 +0000 @@ -782,6 +782,22 @@ The solution is to upgrade X-Symbol to a later version. +* lpr commands don't work on MS-Windows with some cheap printers. + +This problem may also strike other platforms, but the solution is +likely to be a global one, and not Emacs specific. + +Many cheap inkjet, and even some cheap laser printers, do not +print plain text anymore, they will only print through graphical +printer drivers. A workaround on MS-Windows is to use Windows' basic +built in editor to print (this is possibly the only useful purpose it +has): + +(setq printer-name "") ;; notepad takes the default +(setq lpr-command "notepad") ;; notepad +(setq lpr-switches nil) ;; not needed +(setq lpr-printer-switch "/P") ;; run notepad as batch printer + * On systems with shared libraries you might encounter run-time errors from the dynamic linker telling you that it is unable to find some shared libraries, for instance those for Xaw3d or image support.