Re: Local Printing with IE

Hmmm. Well, it's an HP Laserjet 5N, so it should be PCL compatible ;-)
Yes, the baud rate etc. are right. My own program that prints on the same
unit connected to the same printer is absolutely fine, so it's definitely
the browser that's the problem. I'll go through everything again and see
whether I might have left something out of it.

Thanks for the test!
Paul T.

"Sergei R" <rusakov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OQ95m%23hXIHA.4868@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Paul,

yes I can confirm, that one can print from IE in Windows CE 5 to a local
printer (parallel or serial) from RETAIL build. That printer must be
PCL-compatible (model does not matter), please check the following steps

1. in IE first go to File->Page Setup-> and select your interface (serial
or parallel), your printer type (laser jet or inkjet) and draft or not
etc. Ok to close that dialog
2. Now do File->Print and IE would freeze for a few minutes, then printer
will start printing some bands and IE will unlock.

Maybe your printer is not quite PCL compatible ? Did you check Windows CE
hql for that printer model ?

Also, since you are using serial connection - is baud rate correct and all
other settings valid ?


Sergei R



"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:u%238e%23UUXIHA.4684@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I seem to be on a streak with these sorts of problems. I'm running a
Windows CE 5.0-based device which includes printing support. I can print
successfully to a suitable HP laser printer attached to the serial port
*using my own application*. However, when I try to print from Internet
Explorer (IESample), on the device, nothing happens. It's a RETAIL
build, but I have enough debug messages in the serial driver to note that
the port is never being opened by IE in this situation.

Can anyone confirm successfully printing to a local serial printer from
IE in CE5? To any printer from IE in CE5 (that doesn't work for me,
either)? I'm running a fully-updated CE5 installation, with the exception
of reversing out the August 2007 SMB server update QFE.

Paul T.






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