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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: f.j.wright <at> qmul.ac.uk, arash <at> gnu.org, 3332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 4275 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#3332: bug#4275: 23.1; Printing
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:07:51 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>,  f.j.wright <at> qmul.ac.uk,
>   3332 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  4275 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 17:50:59 +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 don't think we can do anything with these problems beyond describing
> > the various tricks of the trade.
> 
> Could this command output a message (on Windows) that points the user to
> this manual node when you get this error?

Which command? lpr-buffer?

The error comes from very low-level code, but I guess anything's
possible if we want it badly enough.

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