Re: Local Printing with IE

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Yep. In fact, my program calls the common print dialog to set things up and
the settings configured in IE come up as the defaults in my program when I
do that.

I'm not sure how to install a printer via the Control Panel, so I guess that
means I haven't done that ;-)

I've also tried printing to a network printer and the same result occurs: IE
doesn't work, while my own program works fine. There's definitely something
wrong with IE, as built in my OS. I'm building a DEBUG OS to try to see if
there are any errors or at least status information reported by components
of IE. I suppose that there could be some problem with the registry
settings, although I don't customize the IE settings. I hope that the debug
messages will indicate anything amiss.

Paul T.

"Sergei R" <rusakov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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
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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
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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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