Postscript Hardcopy

These commands convert buffer contents to Postscript, either printing it or leaving it in another Emacs buffer.

M-x ps-print-buffer

Print hardcopy of the current buffer in Postscript form.

M-x ps-print-region

Print hardcopy of the current region in Postscript form.

M-x ps-print-buffer-with-faces

Print hardcopy of the current buffer in Postscript form, showing the faces used in the text by means of Postscript features.

M-x ps-print-region-with-faces

Print hardcopy of the current region in Postscript form, showing the faces used in the text.

M-x ps-spool-buffer

Generate Postscript for the current buffer text.

M-x ps-spool-region

Generate Postscript for the current region.

M-x ps-spool-buffer-with-faces

Generate Postscript for the current buffer, showing the faces used.

M-x ps-spool-region-with-faces

Generate Postscript for the current region, showing the faces used.

The Postscript commands, ps-print-buffer and ps-print-region, print buffer contents in Postscript form. One command prints the entire buffer; the other, just the region. The corresponding `-with-faces' commands, ps-print-buffer-with-faces and ps-print-region-with-faces, use Postscript features to show the faces (fonts and colors) in the text properties of the text being printed.

If you are using a color display, you can print a buffer of program code with color highlighting by turning on Font-Lock mode in that buffer, and using ps-print-buffer-with-faces.

The commands whose names have `spool' instead of `print' generate the Postscript output in an Emacs buffer instead of sending it to the printer.

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