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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Printing with Kermit
Date: 23 Sep 1997 15:02:23 GMT
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In article <608k7f$fo4@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca>,
Paul Briggs <paul@uoguelph.ca> wrote:
: I can't seem to print anything using Kermit. I am running Windows 95
: and K95 1.1.7. I see in the manual that I should be able to print what
: ever is on the screen to either a locally attached printer or my
: default windows 95 printer. There is also a reference about printing
: from within Pine (which is what I really need to do). When I issue the
: command SHOW PRINTER it says PRN. I don't have a locally attached
: printer but I do have a networked HP printer configured. Do I need to
: change PRN to something else or is there a known bug here that I don't
: know about? BTW the prYnt function in Pine works fine with another
: emulator so I'm sure its something I'm missing with K95. Any help
: would be appreciated. TIA
:
This should be mostly fixed in the current version of K95, 1.1.13; you
can patch up to it at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95patch.html
Note that version 1.1.13 supports both DOS printers (like "PRN") and
Windows printers (like "HP LaserJet 5L (PCL)"), so in general if one
doesn't work, the other will. It also sometimes works to change the
DOS printer from PRN to LPT1.
>From the 1.1.12/1.1.13 update notes:
USING PRINTERS IN KERMIT 95
As of Kermit 95 version 1.1.12
Fri Jun 6 17:45:40 1997
For an overview of printing services in Kermit 95, see pages 53-56 of the
Kermit 95 booklet. For documentation of new features added since the booklet
was published, see section 7 of your Kermit 95 UPDATES.TXT file. Some of the
new features are:
. Ability to use print filters (e.g. text-to-PostScript)
. Printer selection in the Dialer
. Ability to use Windows (as opposed to DOS) printers
. Ability to use bidirectional printers
NOTE: Problems with redirecting printers might be fixed in Windows 95 OEM SR2.
MICROSOFT PRINTER TROUBLESHOOTING AIDS FOR WINDOWS
In Windows 95, begin by reading Printers.txt file in the Windows folder.
It is an ordinary plain-text file like this one.
Windows 95 also includes a Print Troubleshooter program:
1. Click the Start button, then click Help.
2. On the Contents tab, double-click the Troubleshooting topic.
3. Double-click the If You Have Trouble Printing topic.
Microsoft publishes numerous printer-related articles in its Knowledge
Base, including:
PSS ID Number: Q128345
PSS ID Number: Q132425
PSS ID Number: Q133152
PSS ID Number: Q133438
PSS ID Number: Q135889
PSS ID Number: Q135890
Go to the Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com
and search for these ID numbers. In these articles you will find all sorts
of testing and troubleshooting procedures, pointers to new printer drivers,
Device Manager / Control Panel procedures, spool settings and spool file
management tips, network printing procedures, hints for specific printers,
instructions for using Windows 3.1 drivers in Windows 95, and some coverage
of font issues.
(End of PRINTERS.TXT)
Version 1.1.14 will include additional printing improvements. Watch this
space for announcements.
- Frank