[h-e-w] ps-printing on XP solved.

[Jeff Rancier]

All:

 

Thanks for assistance from those who replied.  After taking IP traces of LPR, I realized that the content of the postscript generated by ps-print was the culprit.  I could LPR /etc/refcard.ps, but not anything from emacs.  I have an older HP Laserjet 4Plus, and although the LPR protocol worked fine, it didn't print.  I zapped the version of ps-print (6.x), and reverted to a 4.x version and after several days of jacking around, I can print postscript again. 

 

Perhaps, for compatibility the older versions of ps-print should be included, or better yet a customization option which provides backward compatibility. (I'm looking into upgrading the firmware on the printer itself as well).

 

Thanks,

Jeff

 

Here's the headers, and their differences:

 

OLD:

 

%!PS-Adobe-2.0
%%Creator: dvips(k) 5.86d Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software
%%Title: refcard.dvi
%%Pages: 6
%%PageOrder: Ascend
%%BoundingBox: 0 0 596 842
%%EndComments
%DVIPSWebPage: (www.radicaleye.com)
%DVIPSCommandLine: dvips -o refcard.ps refcard.dvi
%DVIPSParameters: dpi=600, compressed
%DVIPSSource:  TeX output 2002.02.12:1312
%%BeginProcSet: texc.pro
%!

NEW:

 

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Title: .emacs
%%Creator:  (using ps-print v4.1.4)
%%CreationDate: 10:53:59 May 08 2002
%%Orientation: Portrait
%%DocumentNeededResources: font Times-Roman Times-Italic
%%+ font Courier
%%+ font Courier-Bold
%%+ font Courier-Oblique
%%+ font Courier-BoldOblique
%%+ font Helvetica
%%+ font Helvetica-Bold
%%Pages: (atend)
%%Requirements:
%%EndComments

 

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