Font for printing - how to?
Helmut Jarausch
using Opera 10.20 Alpha 1 (build 4744)
my printouts are not quite readable.
e.g. the first part of
http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started
looks like (scanned print)
http://jarausch.ja.funpic.de/Opera_print.tiff
What can I do about it?
Many thanks for hint,
Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
David W. Hodgins
> my printouts are not quite readable.
> http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started
> looks like (scanned print)
> http://jarausch.ja.funpic.de/Opera_print.tiff
Printing from the above link should be selecting times new roman
as the font. Looking at the picture, it looks like the "printable"
version has been printed, which is ascii text only, with no font
specified. Which font will be used in that case is controlled by
the .ppd file, that cups uses for the printer. Try changing the
default font (usually Courier) to Times-Roman, and then restarting
cups.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
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Helmut Jarausch
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:19:03 -0500, Helmut Jarausch <jara...@skynet.be>
> wrote:
>
>> my printouts are not quite readable.
>> http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started
>> looks like (scanned print)
>> http://jarausch.ja.funpic.de/Opera_print.tiff
>
> Printing from the above link should be selecting times new roman
> as the font. Looking at the picture, it looks like the "printable"
> version has been printed, which is ascii text only, with no font
> specified. Which font will be used in that case is controlled by
> the .ppd file, that cups uses for the printer. Try changing the
> default font (usually Courier) to Times-Roman, and then restarting
> cups.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
Unfortunately, that didn't help.
Thanks,
Helmut.
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David W. Hodgins
> On 12/28/09 21:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:19:03 -0500, Helmut Jarausch <jara...@skynet.be>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> my printouts are not quite readable.
>>> http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started
>>> looks like (scanned print)
>>> http://jarausch.ja.funpic.de/Opera_print.tiff
>> the .ppd file, that cups uses for the printer. Try changing the
>> default font (usually Courier) to Times-Roman, and then restarting
>> cups.
> Unfortunately, that didn't help.
You can experiment with different settings in /etc/lpoptions for the cpi
and/or lpi. See ...
http://localhost:631/help/options.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=#OPTIONS
or you can print the "non-printer friendly version, in which case opera
will generate a pdf file to print, rather then a straight ascii file.
Cups doesn't handle straight ascii files very well, unless you're using
a very old line printer.
Helmut Jarausch
> On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:22:38 -0500, Helmut Jarausch <jara...@skynet.be>
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/28/09 21:58, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:19:03 -0500, Helmut Jarausch <jara...@skynet.be>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> my printouts are not quite readable.
>>>> http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Getting_started
>>>> looks like (scanned print)
>>>> http://jarausch.ja.funpic.de/Opera_print.tiff
>>> the .ppd file, that cups uses for the printer. Try changing the
>>> default font (usually Courier) to Times-Roman, and then restarting
>>> cups.
>
>> Unfortunately, that didn't help.
>
> You can experiment with different settings in /etc/lpoptions for the cpi
> and/or lpi. See ...
> http://localhost:631/help/options.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=#OPTIONS
> or you can print the "non-printer friendly version, in which case opera
> will generate a pdf file to print, rather then a straight ascii file.
> Cups doesn't handle straight ascii files very well, unless you're using
> a very old line printer.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
Thanks, I'll try it.
I just wonder why the same URL prints just fine with Firefox using the same CUPS system.
A happy New Year to you and all readers of the mailing list,
David W. Hodgins
> I just wonder why the same URL prints just fine with Firefox using the same CUPS system.
Even though the file being printed is all ascii text, firefox
generates a postscript file (tested by printing the page with
my printer turned off, and then checking /var/spool/cups).
Opera sends the straight ascii text, which is preferable, if
your printer handles it properly. Unfortunately, most printers
nowadays don't. It would be nice if opera had the option of
always using postscript, or pdf, for printing straight ascii
text.