Re: Cannot print with emacs

[Harald Weis]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 08:26:13AM +0200, Rasmus wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> > The printing operation generates always Postscript files which
> > block the printer with the "900 Service RIP Software" error.
> > Printing <the said Postscript file> under gv outside emacs
> > produces the same error - probably not surprising.
> 
> I had a similar problem with my IBM printer (which is a Lexmark). I
> from CUPS-generic-postscript to CUPS-generic-lpd and everything was
> joy. It's also over LAN in my case. 

How did you do that?

I've installed cups-lpd (and also xinitd) and now I realize that I
can't even see how it could work with cups-lpd if the LPD client
is on the same machine.
What do you mean by CUPS-generic-lpd ?
Can you please explain? I am lost.

Cheers,
Harald