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Lightning Printing Oddity.

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Rob Steinmetz

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Dec 3, 2009, 6:03:54 PM12/3/09
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After first having trouble getting printing to work I found a couple of
oddities in printing from Lightning under SeaMonkey.2.0

First the "Page Set Up" is grayed out when a Lightning Tab is selected.
At least some of the page preferences are still active and needed. For
example "Print Background Colors and Images", needs to be on to print
colored calendars. Landscape could be useful.

Print Preview is also grayed out. It could also be useful.

Finally the Monthly Grid does not print Category Colors.

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Rob

Randy

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Dec 4, 2009, 5:50:27 PM12/4/09
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> And you still can't get the grid to print on only one page per month.

Stefan Sitter

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Dec 5, 2009, 6:56:55 AM12/5/09
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[follow-up to: mozilla.support.calendar]

Rob Steinmetz wrote:
> Print Preview is also grayed out. It could also be useful.

Lightning doesn't need it because you always get the custom calender
print preview dialog that includes preview.

> Finally the Monthly Grid does not print Category Colors.

None of the built-in print layout does. There is an extension called
"FG Printers" that add new print layouts that include printing
categories. But I think it only support Thunderbird and Sunbird but
not SeaMonkey.

Stefan

rob

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Dec 5, 2009, 11:59:49 AM12/5/09
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Stefan Sitter wrote:
> [follow-up to: mozilla.support.calendar]
>
> Rob Steinmetz wrote:
>> Print Preview is also grayed out. It could also be useful.
>
> Lightning doesn't need it because you always get the custom calender
> print preview dialog that includes preview.
>

It sure would be nice if it worked.

Due to interactions between mail and calender printing, in a mail tab
you set the background print/not print option in one place and in an
ajacent calender tab that option is not available so you go to "Custom
Calendar"? But if you change to the mail tab, change the option there
then change back to the calendar tab, it works. Seems inconsistent,
counterintuitive and a relatively minor issue to fix.

Lightning Integration in Seamonkey could use some work, especially the
regular file menus and tabbed mail.

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Rob

Rob Steinmetz

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Dec 7, 2009, 10:17:30 AM12/7/09
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Stefan Sitter wrote:

>
> Rob Steinmetz wrote:
>> Print Preview is also grayed out. It could also be useful.
>
> Lightning doesn't need it because you always get the custom calender
> print preview dialog that includes preview.

I am using lightning pre1 and SeaMonkey 2.0 and don't see any custom
Calendar print. My earlier response was from a computer without
Seamonkey 2.0

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