Re: Local Printing with IE

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Hi Paul,

just to verify, when you print to serial printer from your own program, do
you use the same serial port parameters as IE printing does ? Namely only
these two are supported by IE printing

; @CESYSGEN IF CE_MODULES_PRNPORT
; Printer Port settings
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Printers\Ports]
"Port1"="COM1: 9600"
"Port2"="COM1: 57600"
"Port3"="IRDA"
"Port4"="NET0:"
; @CESYSGEN ENDIF

So that IE would be printing only using 57600 or 9600 baud speed and to com1
only, is your program matching ?

And one more thing to check - do you install any PCL printer through Windows
CE control panel --> Printers to the same serial port ?

Hope this helps

Sergei R


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:ugo48wpXIHA.3556@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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