No print preview in Firefox?

[Ant]

Hello.

Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.

Thank you in advance. :)
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[Ralph Fox]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:29:47 -0800, Ant wrote:

> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
> print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
> 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

Both the Windows version and the Linux version do have a print preview.

File >> Print Preview
or
☰ [Menu button] >> Print


I am using
Firefox 35.0.1 on Windows
Firefox 35.0 on Linux Mint


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[rebro]

Am 29.01.2015 um 08:29 schrieb Ant:
> Hello.
>
> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
> print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
> 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

I once lost the print preview function (in TB in that case however)
because of entries in pref.js that concerned obsolete printers.

[Ant]

On 1/29/2015 2:32 AM, rebro wrote:

>> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
>> print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
>> 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>

> I once lost the print preview function (in TB in that case however)
> because of entries in pref.js that concerned obsolete printers.

Ah, the connected printer was like a decade old for sure. Maybe that's
why! What are the prefs.js entries to make these printers have previews?
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[rebro]

Am 29.01.2015 um 11:50 schrieb Ant:
> On 1/29/2015 2:32 AM, rebro wrote:
>
>>> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
>>> print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
>>> 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>>
>> I once lost the print preview function (in TB in that case however)
>> because of entries in pref.js that concerned obsolete printers.
>
> Ah, the connected printer was like a decade old for sure. Maybe that's
> why!

That's not my point. In my case these were printers that didn't exist
any longer but whose entries were still in prefs.js and obviously
"choked" the preview function of the current printer.

What are the prefs.js entries to make these printers have previews?

Have a look yourself in prefs.js at the numerous entries under
user_pref("print.printer_ ...)

[Millwood]

Why not create a clean profile and see if the problem persists. If no
problem, then play with prefs. I suspect you can just remove all the
printer entries but I've never tried this.

[Keith Nuttle]

I have FF 35.0.1, and have the Print Preview in File.

One way to avoid the problem of obsolete Printers is to add a PDF
printer to your system and make that your default printer.

This works well for me, however I only print to paper when I want to
copy it for a meeting.

[rebro]

Lo and behold! As I've just seen when answering Ant: There is already
one obsolete PDF printer in my prefs.js. :-)

[Wolf K.]

On 2015-01-29 1:28 PM, rebro wrote:
[....]

>
> Lo and behold! As I've just seen when answering Ant: There is already
> one obsolete PDF printer in my prefs.js. :-)

I found an obsolete printer, and two sets of entries for existing printers.

Deleted the obsolete entries, what do I do with the duplicates?

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[rebro]

Am 29.01.2015 um 21:30 schrieb Wolf K.:
> On 2015-01-29 1:28 PM, rebro wrote:
> [....]
>>
>> Lo and behold! As I've just seen when answering Ant: There is already
>> one obsolete PDF printer in my prefs.js. :-)
>
> I found an obsolete printer, and two sets of entries for existing printers.
>
> Deleted the obsolete entries, what do I do with the duplicates?
>

I honestly don't know. I simply mentioned above that I once had this
problem with obsolete printer entries in prefs.js (TB) which "choked"
the print preview. Deleting them solved the problem.

[Millwood]

As an experiment I deleted all my printer entries, and things still work.

[Ant]

On 1/29/2015 5:03 PM, Millwood wrote:

>>>> Lo and behold! As I've just seen when answering Ant: There is already
>>>> one obsolete PDF printer in my prefs.js. :-)
>>>
>>> I found an obsolete printer, and two sets of entries for existing
>>> printers.
>>>
>>> Deleted the obsolete entries, what do I do with the duplicates?
>>>
>> I honestly don't know. I simply mentioned above that I once had this
>> problem with obsolete printer entries in prefs.js (TB) which "choked"
>> the print preview. Deleting them solved the problem.
> As an experiment I deleted all my printer entries, and things still work.

I think I will just delete all printer entries in Firefox's prefs.js to try.
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[Ed Mullen]

Wolf K. wrote on 1/29/2015 3:30 PM:
> On 2015-01-29 1:28 PM, rebro wrote:
> [....]
>>
>> Lo and behold! As I've just seen when answering Ant: There is already
>> one obsolete PDF printer in my prefs.js. :-)
>
> I found an obsolete printer, and two sets of entries for existing printers.
>
> Deleted the obsolete entries, what do I do with the duplicates?
>

Here's my observation.

Close the app.

Delete ALL printer prefs in prefs.js

Run the app.

Print something to any of your system printers. Firefox will find the
printers from the Windows registry and update prefs.js.


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[Ed Mullen]

Ant wrote on 1/29/2015 9:25 PM:
> On 1/29/2015 5:03 PM, Millwood wrote:
>
>>>>> Lo and behold! As I've just seen when answering Ant: There is already
>>>>> one obsolete PDF printer in my prefs.js. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I found an obsolete printer, and two sets of entries for existing
>>>> printers.
>>>>
>>>> Deleted the obsolete entries, what do I do with the duplicates?
>>>>
>>> I honestly don't know. I simply mentioned above that I once had this
>>> problem with obsolete printer entries in prefs.js (TB) which "choked"
>>> the print preview. Deleting them solved the problem.
>> As an experiment I deleted all my printer entries, and things still work.
>
> I think I will just delete all printer entries in Firefox's prefs.js to
> try.

That will be fine. The next time you ask FF to print something it will
populate prefs.js with your system printer info.

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[Ant]

On 1/29/2015 6:36 PM, Ed Mullen wrote:

>> I think I will just delete all printer entries in Firefox's prefs.js to
>> try.
>
> That will be fine. The next time you ask FF to print something it will
> populate prefs.js with your system printer info.

OK. :) IIRC, this Firefox installation came from a previous MacBook Pro
with Mac OS X 10.5.8 many years ago. I will make a back up of prefs.js
file to be safe too.
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[Ant]

> That's not my point. In my case these were printers that didn't exist
> any longer but whose entries were still in prefs.js and obviously
> "choked" the preview function of the current printer.
>
> What are the prefs.js entries to make these printers have previews?
>
> Have a look yourself in prefs.js at the numerous entries under
> user_pref("print.printer_ ...)

I only found these:
$ cat prefs.js |grep print.printer
user_pref("print.print_printer", "");
user_pref("print_printer", "");


$ cat prefs.js
# Mozilla User Preferences

/* Do not edit this file.
*
* If you make changes to this file while the application is running,
* the changes will be overwritten when the application exits.
*
* To make a manual change to preferences, you can visit the URL
about:config
*/

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user_pref("print.print_bgcolor", false);
user_pref("print.print_bgimages", false);
user_pref("print.print_colorspace", "");
user_pref("print.print_command", "");
user_pref("print.print_downloadfonts", false);
user_pref("print.print_duplex", 1072698490);
user_pref("print.print_evenpages", true);
user_pref("print.print_in_color", true);
user_pref("print.print_margin_bottom", "0.5");
user_pref("print.print_margin_left", "0.5");
user_pref("print.print_margin_right", "0.5");
user_pref("print.print_margin_top", "0.5");
user_pref("print.print_oddpages", true);
user_pref("print.print_orientation", 0);
user_pref("print.print_page_delay", 50);
user_pref("print.print_pagedelay", 500);
user_pref("print.print_paper_data", 0);
user_pref("print.print_paper_height", " 11.00");
user_pref("print.print_paper_name", "");
user_pref("print.print_paper_size_type", 1);
user_pref("print.print_paper_size_unit", 0);
user_pref("print.print_paper_width", " 8.50");
user_pref("print.print_plex_name", "");
user_pref("print.print_printer", "");
user_pref("print.print_resolution", -515396076);
user_pref("print.print_resolution_name", "");
user_pref("print.print_reversed", false);
user_pref("print.print_scaling", " 1.00");
user_pref("print.print_shrink_to_fit", true);
user_pref("print.print_to_file", false);
user_pref("print.print_to_filename", "");
user_pref("print.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom", 50);
user_pref("print.print_unwriteable_margin_left", 25);
user_pref("print.print_unwriteable_margin_right", 25);
user_pref("print.print_unwriteable_margin_top", 50);
user_pref("print_bgcolor", false);
user_pref("print_bgimages", false);
user_pref("print_colorspace", "");
user_pref("print_command", "");
user_pref("print_downloadfonts", false);
user_pref("print_duplex", 1);
user_pref("print_edge_bottom", 0);
user_pref("print_edge_left", 0);
user_pref("print_edge_right", 0);
user_pref("print_edge_top", 0);
user_pref("print_evenpages", true);
user_pref("print_footercenter", "");
user_pref("print_footerleft", "&PT");
user_pref("print_footerright", "&D");
user_pref("print_headercenter", "");
user_pref("print_headerleft", "&T");
user_pref("print_headerright", "&U");
user_pref("print_in_color", true);
user_pref("print_margin_bottom", "0.5");
user_pref("print_margin_left", "0.5");
user_pref("print_margin_right", "0.5");
user_pref("print_margin_top", "0.5");
user_pref("print_oddpages", true);
user_pref("print_orientation", 0);
user_pref("print_page_delay", 50);
user_pref("print_paper_data", 0);
user_pref("print_paper_height", " 11.00");
user_pref("print_paper_name", "");
user_pref("print_paper_size_type", 1);
user_pref("print_paper_size_unit", 0);
user_pref("print_paper_width", " 8.50");
user_pref("print_plex_name", "");
user_pref("print_printer", "");
user_pref("print_resolution", 378077312);
user_pref("print_resolution_name", "");
user_pref("print_reversed", false);
user_pref("print_scaling", " 1.00");
user_pref("print_shrink_to_fit", true);
user_pref("print_to_file", false);
user_pref("print_to_filename", "");
user_pref("print_unwriteable_margin_bottom", 12);
user_pref("print_unwriteable_margin_left", 12);
user_pref("print_unwriteable_margin_right", 12);
user_pref("print_unwriteable_margin_top", 12);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true);
user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true);
user_pref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", true);
user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
user_pref("privacy.item.offlineApps", true);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs", true);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
user_pref("security.OCSP.disable_button.managecrl", false);
user_pref("security.disable_button.openCertManager", false);
user_pref("security.warn_viewing_mixed", false);
user_pref("services.sync.clients.lastSync", "0");
user_pref("services.sync.clients.lastSyncLocal", "0");
user_pref("services.sync.globalScore", 0);
user_pref("services.sync.migrated", true);
user_pref("services.sync.nextSync", 0);
user_pref("services.sync.tabs.lastSync", "0");
user_pref("services.sync.tabs.lastSyncLocal", "0");
user_pref("signon.importedFromSqlite", true);
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
user_pref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
user_pref("storage.vacuum.last.index", 1);
user_pref("storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite", 1420771514);
user_pref("toolkit.startup.last_success", 1422586362);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.previousBuildID", "20150122214805");
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.prompted", 2);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.rejected", true);
user_pref("urlclassifier.keyupdatetime.https://sb-ssl.google.com/safebrowsing/newkey",
1401124173);
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-black-enchash", "1.66048");
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-black-url", "1.25401");
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-white-domain", "1.484");
user_pref("urlclassifier.tableversion.goog-white-url", "1.371");
user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add", "");
user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add.180", "");
user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.add.36", "");


For kicks, I renamed this file and started up Firefox to redo its
prefs.js file. Same results (no print preview). I also tried the other
Mac OS X v10.8.5 account (administrator instead of standard level) and
still saw the same problem. Also, here is a screen shot/capture of the
main printer options: http://i.imgur.com/efNtEZj.gif ... I also checked
every options and could not any preview. :(

Now what? Is there somewhere else to look? FYI, it doesn't matter if the
HP printer is slightly new (a few years old) or over a decade old. :(
--
"Oh bother", said Winnie the Pooh, "There's an ant on my foot..."

[Ron K.]

What is supposed to happen is the printers driver parameters get recorded
into the prefs.
Such as these entries:
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_bgcolor", false);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_bgimages", false);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_evenpages", true);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_footercenter", "");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_footerleft", "&PT");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_footerright", "&D");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_headercenter", "");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_headerleft", "&T");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_headerright", "");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_in_color", true);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_margin_bottom",
"0.5");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_margin_left",
"0.5");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_margin_right",
"0.5");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_margin_top", "0.5");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_oddpages", true);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_orientation", 0);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_reversed", false);
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_scaling", " 1.00");
user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_shrink_to_fit",
true);

Your empty prefs suggest TB thinks you do not have a printer available to
the system.

Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!

[Ant]

Hmm, this system never had ThunderBird client. It's just Firefox. This
MacBook Pro is currently connected to two different printers though
through an USB cable (old printer) and wirelessly (newer printer). There
were previous printers too from the past.

....

[rebro]

Thanks for your courage. :-)
Good to know.

[Ron Hunter]

My printer driver presents its own print preview. Sure don't need two
of them, so perhaps this gets turned off or on, based on your particular
printer specs.

[g]

hi Ant,

On 01/30/2015 02:31 AM, Ant wrote:
<<>

> I only found these:
> $ cat prefs.js |grep print.printer
> user_pref("print.print_printer", "");
> user_pref("print_printer", "");

"cat prefs.js" is not needed.

easier/shorter command is "grep print_printer prefs.js".

actually, in 'prefs.js', contrary to your 'grep', you show
"print.print" and you have 2 "print_printer".

user_pref("print.print_printer", "");
user_pref("print_printer", "");

tho you are posting using oos, you are posting *nix commands.

if you are actually debugging a *nix system, why not install "CUPS"
if not already installed, to set up printers. once "CUPS" is working,
firefox will/should pick up the printers.

CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed
by Apple Inc. for Mac OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems.

you connect to CUPS via firefox using http://localhost:631/.

this is how i have my 4 printers set up and they work for both
firefox and thunderbird. if/when i need to change among printers,
i make change using CUPS.

with CUPS, in both firefox and thunderbird, i get;

}> [geo@boxen bsyq4708.default]$ grep print_printer prefs.js
}> user_pref("print_printer", "PostScript/default");
}> [geo@boxen bsyq4708.default]$

*NOTE*
1] i _do_not_show_ 'user_pref("print_printer", "");'.
2] with end of line of ""); it is indicating that you
do not have any printer configured because the printer
shows within the "".

speaking of which, does printing work under thunderbird?

if not and you do have CUPS running and configured, it will block
printing if it is not set up correctly.

> For kicks, I renamed this file and started up Firefox to redo its
> prefs.js file. Same results (no print preview). I also tried the
> other Mac OS X v10.8.5 account (administrator instead of standard
> level) and still saw the same problem.

again, what about CUPS?

> Now what? Is there somewhere else to look? FYI, it doesn't matter
> if the HP printer is slightly new (a few years old) or over a
> decade old. :(

just look to see if you have CUPS set up. if you a printer that does
not have correct drivers for CUPS installed for any printer of any
make, type, or age, CUPS will not configure for it. correct drivers
must be installed and are available for over 99% of printers
available. should you have a make/type not listed, there is a 99.9%
probability that a similar driver will work.

so, click link http://localhost:631/ to see if you have CUPS and
configure it.

more CUPS info at;

http://www.cups.org/
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php

if you have any problems or questions, contact me off list by
inserting [off-list] in "Subject:" bar and send direct to me.

or, post back with "followup set to mozilla.general" an i will
follow, and i do believe rest of *nix users will also.

hth.


--

peace out.

in a world with out fences, who needs gates.

CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6

tc,hago.

g
.

[g]

hello Ron K,

On 01/30/2015 03:39 AM, Ron K. wrote:
<>

> Your empty prefs suggest TB thinks you do not have a printer
> available to the system.

because he is running os x, i believe Ant does not have CUPS configure
so that neither _firefox_ or thunderbird can see a printer.

*nix systems must have CUPS configured for printing to be done.

[Ant]

On 1/30/2015 12:54 AM, Ron Hunter wrote:

> My printer driver presents its own print preview. Sure don't need two
> of them, so perhaps this gets turned off or on, based on your particular
> printer specs.

Wait, printer preview option is based on printer drivers? Hmm. I wonder
if HP and CUPS drivers are causing this in Mac OS X 10.8.5.
--
"If I want to be a robber, I rob the king's treasury. If I want to be a
hunter, I hunt the rhino. What is the use of robbing beggars and hunting
ants? So if you want to love, love God." --Swami Vivekananda

[Good Guy]

On 30/01/2015 17:28, Ant wrote:

On 1/30/2015 12:54 AM, Ron Hunter wrote:

My printer driver presents its own print preview.  Sure don't need two
of them, so perhaps this gets turned off or on, based on your particular
printer specs.

Wait, printer preview option is based on printer drivers? Hmm. I wonder if HP and CUPS drivers are causing this in Mac OS X 10.8.5.

Not sure if anybody has already suggested to you but have you tried creating a new profile in your Mac OS?  It looks like your original profile is corrupted.  It is inconceivable that only print-preview is missing from the FF's UI?  Something else must also be missing.

[Ant]

Don't use and never had Thunderbird on this lappy, but do have CUPS due
to old printers that Apple doesn't support by default. :(

> if not and you do have CUPS running and configured, it will block
> printing if it is not set up correctly.

All printers worked in the past. Just no print preview option for
Firefox (other non-Mozilla programs have them). I just noticed SeaMonkey
v2.32 doesn't have a print preview option like in Windows as well so
crossposted to mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup as well. :(

>> For kicks, I renamed this file and started up Firefox to redo its
>> prefs.js file. Same results (no print preview). I also tried the
>> other Mac OS X v10.8.5 account (administrator instead of standard
>> level) and still saw the same problem.
>
> again, what about CUPS?
>
>> Now what? Is there somewhere else to look? FYI, it doesn't matter
>> if the HP printer is slightly new (a few years old) or over a
>> decade old. :(
>
> just look to see if you have CUPS set up. if you a printer that does
> not have correct drivers for CUPS installed for any printer of any
> make, type, or age, CUPS will not configure for it. correct drivers
> must be installed and are available for over 99% of printers
> available. should you have a make/type not listed, there is a 99.9%
> probability that a similar driver will work.
>
> so, click link http://localhost:631/ to see if you have CUPS and
> configure it.

http://i.imgur.com/HlCuTj1.gif for what I saw in that localhost URL's
CUPS printers web page.
--
"To the ant, a few drops of dew is a flood." --Iranian

[Ant]

On 1/30/2015 9:35 AM, Good Guy wrote:

>>> My printer driver presents its own print preview. Sure don't need two
>>> of them, so perhaps this gets turned off or on, based on your particular
>>> printer specs.
>>
>> Wait, printer preview option is based on printer drivers? Hmm. I
>> wonder if HP and CUPS drivers are causing this in Mac OS X 10.8.5.
>
> Not sure if anybody has already suggested to you but have you tried
> creating a new profile in your Mac OS? It looks like your original
> profile is corrupted. It is inconceivable that only print-preview is
> missing from the FF's UI? Something else must also be missing.

Yes, with other old and brand new Mac OS X 10.8.5 accounts. I also
discovered SeaMonkey has the same missing printer preview option too.
Safari, Chrome, etc. do have this option. :(
--
"Even the ant has his (her) bite." --Turkish

[Ron K.]

Ant wrote on 1/30/2015 4:04 AM:
> Hmm, this system never had ThunderBird client. It's just Firefox. This
> MacBook Pro is currently connected to two different printers though
> through an USB cable (old printer) and wirelessly (newer printer). There
> were previous printers too from the past.
>
>
> On 1/30/2015 1:39 AM, Ron K. wrote:
>> What is supposed to happen is the printers driver parameters get
>> recorded into the prefs.
>> Such as these entries:
>> user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_bgcolor", false);
>> user_pref("print.printer_HP_Photosmart_Plus_B209a-m.print_bgimages",
>> false);

>>
>>

>> Your empty prefs suggest TB thinks you do not have a printer available
>> to the system.
> ....

Both FF and TB profiles will have those printer prefs, a set for each
printer used with them at any time. In the past I discovered preview
would be broken if the USB cable was disconnected from an HP DJ960c. Kept
the printer around just to enable the preview.

[Jonathan N. Little]

Ant wrote:
> All printers worked in the past. Just no print preview option for
> Firefox (other non-Mozilla programs have them). I just noticed SeaMonkey
> v2.32 doesn't have a print preview option like in Windows as well so
> crossposted to mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup as well. :(

What??? Firefox and SeaMonkey have print preview in Windows and Linux
(Ubuntu 14.04).

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

[Ant]

On 1/30/2015 11:26 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:

>> All printers worked in the past. Just no print preview option for
>> Firefox (other non-Mozilla programs have them). I just noticed SeaMonkey
>> v2.32 doesn't have a print preview option like in Windows as well so
>> crossposted to mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup as well. :(
>
> What??? Firefox and SeaMonkey have print preview in Windows and Linux
> (Ubuntu 14.04).

What about Mac OS X (10.8.5 for me)? Both Firefox and SeaMonkey didn't
show them!
--
"An ant may work its (her) heart out, but it (she) can't make money."
--unknown

[Jonathan N. Little]

Ant wrote:
> On 1/30/2015 11:26 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
>>> All printers worked in the past. Just no print preview option for
>>> Firefox (other non-Mozilla programs have them). I just noticed SeaMonkey
>>> v2.32 doesn't have a print preview option like in Windows as well so
>>> crossposted to mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup as well. :(
>>
>> What??? Firefox and SeaMonkey have print preview in Windows and Linux
>> (Ubuntu 14.04).
>
> What about Mac OS X (10.8.5 for me)? Both Firefox and SeaMonkey didn't
> show them!

Don't touch Apple even with your 10-foot pole ;-) Maybe the Almighty
Apple has deemed that as superfluous as buttons!

[Ant]

>>>> All printers worked in the past. Just no print preview option for
>>>> Firefox (other non-Mozilla programs have them). I just noticed
>>>> SeaMonkey
>>>> v2.32 doesn't have a print preview option like in Windows as well so
>>>> crossposted to mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup as well. :(
>>>
>>> What??? Firefox and SeaMonkey have print preview in Windows and Linux
>>> (Ubuntu 14.04).
>>
>> What about Mac OS X (10.8.5 for me)? Both Firefox and SeaMonkey didn't
>> show them!
>
> Don't touch Apple even with your 10-foot pole ;-) Maybe the Almighty
> Apple has deemed that as superfluous as buttons!

LOL.
--
"An ant is over six feet tall when measured by its own foot-rule."
--Slovenian

[g]

On 01/30/2015 11:49 AM, Ant wrote:

> On 1/30/2015 1:55 AM, g wrote:
<<<>>> I only found these:
<<>>

>> so, click link http://localhost:631/ to see if you have CUPS and
>> configure it.
>

> http://i.imgur.com/HlCuTj1.gif for what I saw in that localhost URL's
> CUPS printers web page.

nice printer network. usb sure beats the hell out of lpr and a switch
box. :-)


from any CUPS page select Printers tab. on Printers page, click a
printer name.

on printers page, click [Maintenance], select "Print Test Page".

after printing, select "Print Self Test Page".

if both print, open some other program, ie, an editor, create some
text lines, send to printer.

if it prints, there is a problem with interface to firefox.

if you can not print from another program, there is a problem with
CUPS interfacing to programs.

i have not had any problems with CUPS from day one of use.

because this is appearing to be CUPS related, my best suggestion is
to log https://www.cups.org/ and join or login.

enter 'firefox' as search. check thru 'matches' to see if you find
anything. if not, post to 'Developers' list which should get faster
reply that other lists.

at one time, under fedora or mandrake, do not recall, there was an
option of selecting CUPS or postscript printing. i no longer see
such. if you have such selection of ability to use utility other
than CUPS, you might give it a try.

also, have you tried a web search? it is possible that there has been
such a problem with another flavor of *nix.

one last thought, *default*. have you tried, or have, a setting for
a printer as the default?

because i use a switch box, i have to select which printer is the
default before i print. possible you need to do same.

i do wish i could have been more help, but my experience and knowledge
has never encountered problem similar to this.

hopefully another linux user will pick up on this thread and be able
to help you.

i also wish i could spend more time with you on this, but i have run
into a portioning problem that i need to correct so i can upgrade to
centos 7.

much luck.

[Ant]

On 1/30/2015 1:00 PM, g wrote:

>> http://i.imgur.com/HlCuTj1.gif for what I saw in that localhost URL's
>> CUPS printers web page.
>
> nice printer network. usb sure beats the hell out of lpr and a switch
> box. :-)

No kidding. My client refused to let go of his old printers (e.g.,
reliable HP LJ 6P printer with an USB and parallel cable adapter). :(
Anyways, the current printers are HP with this MBP: DJ 450 and Office
JetPro 8600.

> from any CUPS page select Printers tab. on Printers page, click a
> printer name.
>
> on printers page, click [Maintenance], select "Print Test Page".
>
> after printing, select "Print Self Test Page".

Perfect results and no problems.

>
> if both print, open some other program, ie, an editor, create some
> text lines, send to printer.

No problems from previous printings like Office, Safari, Chrome, etc. so
no need to print again.

>
> if it prints, there is a problem with interface to firefox.
>
> if you can not print from another program, there is a problem with
> CUPS interfacing to programs.
>
> i have not had any problems with CUPS from day one of use.
>
> because this is appearing to be CUPS related, my best suggestion is
> to log https://www.cups.org/ and join or login.
>
> enter 'firefox' as search. check thru 'matches' to see if you find
> anything. if not, post to 'Developers' list which should get faster
> reply that other lists.
>
> at one time, under fedora or mandrake, do not recall, there was an
> option of selecting CUPS or postscript printing. i no longer see
> such. if you have such selection of ability to use utility other
> than CUPS, you might give it a try.
>
> also, have you tried a web search? it is possible that there has been
> such a problem with another flavor of *nix.

I'll try. I was hoping this was a known common issue. :(

> one last thought, *default*. have you tried, or have, a setting for
> a printer as the default?

Yes. Remember, I tried a brand new Mac OS X account and selecting
various printers.

> because i use a switch box, i have to select which printer is the
> default before i print. possible you need to do same.
>
> i do wish i could have been more help, but my experience and knowledge
> has never encountered problem similar to this.
>
> hopefully another linux user will pick up on this thread and be able
> to help you.
>
> i also wish i could spend more time with you on this, but i have run
> into a portioning problem that i need to correct so i can upgrade to
> centos 7.

I wonder if OTHER Mac OS X users have this problem too. Wait, am I the
only Mac OS X Firefox user in here? It seems like only Windows and Linux
users have participated in my thread so far.
--
"As a thinker and planner, the ant is the equal of any savage race of
men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts she is the superior
of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she
is above the reach of any man..." --Mark Twain

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.9897.142267373...@lists.mozilla.org>, Ant

<a...@zimage.comANT> writes:
>On 1/30/2015 1:00 PM, g wrote:
>
>>> http://i.imgur.com/HlCuTj1.gif for what I saw in that localhost URL's
>>> CUPS printers web page.
>>
>> nice printer network. usb sure beats the hell out of lpr and a switch
>> box. :-)
>
>No kidding. My client refused to let go of his old printers (e.g.,
>reliable HP LJ 6P printer with an USB and parallel cable adapter). :(

[]
I sympathise with your client; if I had an LJ 6 that was still working,
I'd be reluctant to let go of it too!

(F'up set.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

I'm sometimes a bit bewildered by that, really - there are no young people in
it, there's no sex, there's no violence, no car chases and there's no action
and no vampires. - Colin Firth on the success of the film "The King's Speech".
Radio Times 10-16 September 2011

[Pierre D]

On 01/29/15 21:26, Ed Mullen wrote:
> Print something to any of your system printers. Firefox will find the printers from the Windows registry and update prefs.js.

Which begs the question as to why Firefox needs to keep its own list of printers if it can find them in the registry. Printing is not a browser function, it's an OS function, isn't it? Or at least it should be.

Pierre

[Millwood]

But AFAIK print preview is a browser function, and must use the printer
information to get it right.

[Ed Mullen]

Actually, it's an application function which uses the device driver(s)
installed in the OS.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/

Deja Goo: The feeling that you've stepped in this before.

[Ant]

On 2/5/2015 6:43 AM, Pierre D wrote:

>> Print something to any of your system printers. Firefox will find the printers from the Windows registry and update prefs.js.
>
> Which begs the question as to why Firefox needs to keep its own list of printers if it can find them in the registry. Printing is not a browser function, it's an OS function, isn't it? Or at least it should be.

I wonder where it gets it in Mac OS X since there is no registry. CUPS only?
--
"A coconut shell full of water is a(n) sea/ocean to an ant." --Indians

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.369.142314990...@lists.mozilla.org>,

Millwood <marc...@gmail.com> writes:
>Pierre D wrote:
>> On 01/29/15 21:26, Ed Mullen wrote:
>>> Print something to any of your system printers. Firefox will find
>>>the printers from the Windows registry and update prefs.js.
>>
>> Which begs the question as to why Firefox needs to keep its own list
>>of printers if it can find them in the registry. Printing is not a
>>browser function, it's an OS function, isn't it? Or at least it should be.

Not entirely; some sites/pages/whatever have an almost entirely
different layout for printing. (Wikipedia being the most obvious one
that comes to mind.) Not, I agree, that that necessitates the browser
keeping a list of printers, though!

>>
>> Pierre
>>
>But AFAIK print preview is a browser function, and must use the printer
>information to get it right.

And didn't, or certainly didn't used to (?), if you changed paper size
(within Firefox): I have found in the past (not tried it recently) that
changing from A4 to A3 paper or back required an actual print* before
print preview would reflect the change. (*: it's just occurred to me
while typing this that I could have tried using a PDF "printer" like
pdf995; maybe I'll try that next time.)

--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

TV and radio presenters are just like many people, except they tend to wear
make-up all the time. Especially the radio presenters. - Eddie Mair, in Radio
Times 25-31 August 2012

[Ant]

FYI. "Firefox uses an older Carbon print API that doesn't use the full
OS X Cocoa print dialog. It's the only app on my systems that does
this..."
--http://www.reddit.com/r/mozilla/comments/2v35ut/no_print_preview_in_firefox_and_seamonkey_web/cojh6fz

I wonder why Mozilla and volunteers don't change it for Mac OS X. Lack
of developers?
--
"Busy as ants hurrying orcs were digging, digging lines of deep trenches
in a huge ring, just out of bowshot from the walls;" --The Return of the
King (book)

[EE]

Ant wrote:
> FYI. "Firefox uses an older Carbon print API that doesn't use the full
> OS X Cocoa print dialog. It's the only app on my systems that does
> this..."
> --http://www.reddit.com/r/mozilla/comments/2v35ut/no_print_preview_in_firefox_and_seamonkey_web/cojh6fz
>
>
> I wonder why Mozilla and volunteers don't change it for Mac OS X. Lack
> of developers?

SeaMonkey has the Firefox core, and I can get a preview if I click Print
from the menu and then Preview. I am using Mac OS. What I get is
Preview.app displaying the page content.

[Ant]

Interesting. When I used print to get its print dialog options, I didn't
get any preview option.
--
"After World War III, the ants will still be around." --unknown

[Eckard]

Le 29/01/2015 08:29, Ant a écrit :
> Hello.

>
> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
> print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
> 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>

> Thank you in advance. :)
I have the same problem running Mac OS X 10.9.5.
No print preview neither with Firefox nor with Thunderbird.
As a workaround you may click on the PDF button in the printer window
and choose "Open the PDF in Preview".

[Alex]

Install the Print/Print Preview 0.9 extension and add its button to
the toolbar. Works great!

Alex

[Eckard]

Thanks!
I rarely print Firefox pages but now I remembered that some time ago I
had installed this add-on ... ;)

[WaltS48]

It may be different for a Mac, but when I click on the the Print icon in
my Firefox, all I get is a Print Preview. Then I click the Print button
to print.

No extension necessary.

--
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:34.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/34.0
[Coexist · Understanding Across Divides](https://www.coexist.org/)

[Fred S *****]

On 2/14/2015 7:51 PM, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 02/14/2015 07:17 PM, Eckard wrote:
>> Le 15/02/2015 00:38, Alex a écrit :
>>> On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:58:59 +0100, Eckard <eck...@invalid.fr>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Le 29/01/2015 08:29, Ant a écrit :
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do
>>>>> not have a print preview? I noticed this recently in my
>>>>> client's updated Mac OS X 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>>> I have the same problem running Mac OS X 10.9.5. No print
>>>> preview neither with Firefox nor with Thunderbird. As a
>>>> workaround you may click on the PDF button in the printer
>>>> window and choose "Open the PDF in Preview".
>>>
>>> Install the Print/Print Preview 0.9 extension and add its button
>>> to the toolbar. Works great!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>> Thanks! I rarely print Firefox pages but now I remembered that some
>> time ago I had installed this add-on ... ;)
>
>
> It may be different for a Mac, but when I click on the the Print icon
> in my Firefox, all I get is a Print Preview. Then I click the Print
> button to print.
>
> No extension necessary.
>

I have the Menu bar displayed on my Laptop (Win 7) and my Desktop (Win
8.1 Pro). Choosing FILE shows Print and Print Preview as it has always been.

Problem must be another wonderful feature of an Apple computer!

Fred

[Eckard]

Le 15/02/2015 01:51, WaltS48 a écrit :
> On 02/14/2015 07:17 PM, Eckard wrote:
>> Le 15/02/2015 00:38, Alex a écrit :
>>> On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:58:59 +0100, Eckard <eck...@invalid.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Le 29/01/2015 08:29, Ant a écrit :
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it me or does the newer Firefox web browser versions do not have a
>>>>> print preview? I noticed this recently in my client's updated Mac OS X
>>>>> 10.8.5 on a 13.3" MacBook Pro.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>>> I have the same problem running Mac OS X 10.9.5.
>>>> No print preview neither with Firefox nor with Thunderbird.
>>>> As a workaround you may click on the PDF button in the printer window
>>>> and choose "Open the PDF in Preview".
>>>
>>> Install the Print/Print Preview 0.9 extension and add its button to
>>> the toolbar. Works great!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>> Thanks!
>> I rarely print Firefox pages but now I remembered that some time ago I
>> had installed this add-on ... ;)
>
>
> It may be different for a Mac, but when I click on the the Print icon in
> my Firefox, all I get is a Print Preview. Then I click the Print button
> to print.
>

When I print documents under Mac OS X, the printer dialogue box opens
and automatically displays a small print preview.
The same happens when I print a webpage in Safari or an email in Apple
Mail, but not with Firefox or Thunderbird.