[Solved] Re: Printing in Windows w/ NetGear FR114P Firewall/Printserver

[Greg Yasko]

Found the answers to my problem -- first turned on print sharing in 
Windows. Then "net view" gives the server and "net view servername" 
gives the printer. Then installed EMacro http://emacro.sourceforge.net/
& now everything works beautifully.

EMacro is a very clever piece of software. Quite cool.

Thanks -- the help I got was all I needed, that and about 3 hours.

-Greg Yasko


Greg Yasko wrote:
> Okay. Using the lpr.exe from C:\WINNT\system32 I can print from MSDOS.
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> Issuing "lpr -S 192.168.0.1 -P HP_LaserJet_6L -d test" prints my test 
> file. How could I translate that to the necessary .emacs file entries?
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> Thanks.
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> -Greg Yasko
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> Greg Yasko wrote:
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> > Please assist further if possible.
> >
> > When I try "net view" I get "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" and no associated 
> > printers when typing "net view RICHARD_LGFRTR7". But when I look in 
> > the properties page for the printer control panel the port name is 
> > FR114P_P1 and the device address is 192.168.0.1.
> >
> > Have tried the following and also have substituted "RICHARD-LGFRTR7" 
> > to no effect:
> >
> > (setq lpr-command "")
> > (setq printer-name "FR114P_P1")
> > (setq ps-lpr-command "")
> > (setq ps-printer-name "FR114P_P1")
> >
> > Also, the description of "net use" in the emacs manual is for a shared 
> > printer connected to another computer. My printer is hooked up to a 
> > NetGear FR114P Gateway/Router & not directly to another PC.
> >
> > I have no idea how to print directly from DOS with this setup & have 
> > tried a number of things.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > -Greg
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> > Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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> > > > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:31:44 -0500
> > > > From: Greg Yasko <ryasko@gator.net>
> > > >
> > > > (setq lpr-command "lpr")
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> > > Do you really have a program on your machine called `lpr.exe'?  If
> > > not, the above is wrong.
> > >
> > >
> > > > (setq printer-name "//FR114P_P1/HP_LaserJet_6L")
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> > > Does this name work if you use it from the DOS box's command line?  If
> > > not, you will probably need to use "net use" to redirect one of the
> > > LPRn ports to this printer, as described in the Emacs manual (in the
> > > node "MS-DOS Printing").