GNU bug report logs - #3332
23.0.93; Printing on MS Windows

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Message #36 received at 3332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: f.j.wright <at> qmul.ac.uk, larsi <at> gnus.org, 3332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 4275 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3332: bug#4275: 23.1; Printing
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:50:03 +0200

> From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org,  f.j.wright <at> qmul.ac.uk,  3332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   4275 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 20:40:03 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > See the node "Windows Printing" in the Emacs manual, which explains
> > that the default setting of the printer on MS-Windows isn't guaranteed
> > to work, and provides a few alternative suggestions for setting up the
> > printer.
> 
> I tried that once long time ago and I did that again briefly before I
> answered Lars.  None of them worked (which is not a big deal for me).

One solution that works for me on any Windows system is to find a lpr
workalike that knows how to print to the system default printer.
There are several such workalikes floating around.

The "net view" method also works in many cases.

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