Re: [Mac-emacs-users] Printing from emacs

[Andrew C. <ak...@sh...>]

> I would like to be able to print buffers and regions from emacs but
> I haven't been able to get my printer recognized.  It's an Lexmark
> Optra 312 and I can print fine from regular programs, just not from
> email.  Would it be enough to add an entry for this printer to
> /etc/printcap?  If so, does anyone have an example of what to add?
> 
>  Gil

Once you have set up the Unix command `lpr <filename>' to work
correctly, you should be able to use all the printing commands in
Emacs.

The Lexmark Optra 312 is a Postscript printer, so you should be able
to do this.  There are different bits information on the web on how to
do this, so perhaps you will need to experiment a little.  Try the
following, e.g.,

  http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010204071837531