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From: paul@uoguelph.ca (Paul Briggs)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Printing with Kermit
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:50:56 GMT
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Ok, I applied the appropriate patch and got SHIFT+PRTSCRN to print but
the prYnt function in Pine still doesn't work. Any thoughts? I suspect
your answer will be talk to Washington. Thanks for any help.
Paul Briggs
U of Guelph
fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) wrote:
>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