From: Mark Slagell <ms@...>
Date: 2002-05-22T04:40:42+09:00
Subject: printing under windows

So I want to send a postscript file to a printer under windows...

[from David Naseby in ruby-talk:32861]

>require 'Win32API'
>def system2(command)
>  Win32API.new("crtdll","system",['P'],'L').Call(command)
>end
>
>puts system ('copy <yourfile.txt> <printername>')
>

Now I'm assuming 'system' oughta be 'system2', that's no problem; but 
how do you specify the printer?  If I give it the printer name as found 
in the printer control panel, it creates a file with that name.  Append 
a colon and it says "not a recognized device". What is the obvious thing 
I miss here?

  -- Mark