Re: Printing in OSX

[Neuwirth Erich]

This is what I get in the postscript buffer.

-=-=-=
 [/h1 (~/)]
]def
/HeaderLinesRight[
 [/h0 /pagenumberstring load]
 [/h1 (10/15/12)]
]def
2 SetHeaderLines
0 BeginPage
/f0 F
false BG
0.000 0.000 0.000 FG
0 EF
(\344\366\337) S
PHL
EndPage
EndDSCPage
EndSheet

%%Trailer
%%Pages: 1

EndDoc

%%EOF
-=-=-=


When I save it as xxx.ps and then double click this file, it will be converted 
to Postscript I an print it.
It will be printed immediately, the printer will not ask for letter paper.





On Oct 14, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote:

> 
> Am 14.10.2012 um 09:23 schrieb Neuwirth Erich:
> 
>> Is there a way way to get rid of this annoyance?
> 
> Did you restart GNU Emacs after that change in your init file?
> 
> You can also position the text cursor inside the symbol (or text) 
> "ps-paper-type" and type C-h v. A *Help* buffer will open explaining that the 
> symbol is a variable for a special purpose and has a value, nil or something 
> else. This buffer will also offer to customise the variable's value. This 
> customisation interface also offers to set the new value for the current 
> session or to save it for the future, i.e., record it in your init file.
> 
> Having done the latter, you can erase your own Emacs Lisp statement… Using 
> the "official" customisation interface is much more reliable – and you have 
> your customisations put together in a single block (or two).
> 
> Did you set the paper size correctly in System Preferences? Have you tried to 
> "read" the PS output from GNU Emacs? While the print command from the File 
> menu is for example ps-print-buffer-faces, which produces in the background 
> the PS file and forwards it to your OS's printing system, the command 
> ps-spool-buffer-faces ("print" substituted with "spool") will insert the PS 
> text into a buffer called *PostScript*. Here you can easily check whether the 
> correct values are used. (You can also save this buffer to a file and view 
> that PS file in some PS viewer.)
> 
> --
> Mit friedvollen Grüßen
> 
>  Pete
> 
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>