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| Michael Strorm 2005-03-26, 5:46 pm |
| Hi all,
I'm having trouble printing stuff out under Linux. It happens with
both a2ps and Firefox, suggesting a common problem at a more basic
level.
When printing a document that includes fixed-width (i.e. Courier)
text, the fixed-width text takes more space than has been left for it,
and either overlaps the edge of the box (with a2ps) or overwrites
following non-fixed-width text (e.g. times) on the same line.
Presumably, something somewhere is calculating that 'x' space is
required, but the actual text is taking up more space than that, and
overlapping as a result.
I'm using Fedora Core 3 and Turboprint, pretty much 'as is'; I'd
appreciate some pointers as to which part of the printing subsystem
(or whatever else it might be) I should be looking at. Thanks in
advance!
- MS
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| On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:23:15 -0800, Michael Strorm thoughtfully wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm having trouble printing stuff out under Linux. It happens with both
> a2ps and Firefox, suggesting a common problem at a more basic level.
>
> When printing a document that includes fixed-width (i.e. Courier) text,
> the fixed-width text takes more space than has been left for it, and
> either overlaps the edge of the box (with a2ps) or overwrites following
> non-fixed-width text (e.g. times) on the same line.
>
> Presumably, something somewhere is calculating that 'x' space is required,
> but the actual text is taking up more space than that, and overlapping as
> a result.
>
> I'm using Fedora Core 3 and Turboprint, pretty much 'as is'; I'd
> appreciate some pointers as to which part of the printing subsystem (or
> whatever else it might be) I should be looking at. Thanks in advance!
>
> - MS
Does your print driver support postscript and are you converting text to
postscript with Turboprint? Don't
Did you set printer properties in Firefox to Turboprinter?
Did you $export MOZ_PRINTER_NAME=Turboprinter
or set it in .bash_profile?
Is Turboprint that DOS program? If it is you should really try using CUPS
which has a "convert text to postscript" property and "assume unknown
format is text".
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| Michael Strorm 2005-03-27, 5:50 pm |
| noi <noi@siam.com> wrote in message news:<Xxi1e.11438$ZB6.9756@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>...
> Does your print driver support postscript and are you converting text to
> postscript with Turboprint? Don't
> Is Turboprint that DOS program? If it is you should really try using CUPS
> which has a "convert text to postscript" property and "assume unknown
> format is text".
DOS? Not as far as I know.
TurboPrint is a commercial printer driver system that works on top of
CUPS, lpr and friends (the website is
http://www.turboprint.de/english.html ); I use it with my Canon i450
printer.
Going by your answer, I think you have a totally different product in
mind. Wouldn't surprise me; "TurboPrint" is a fairly obvious name and
has probably been used more than once...
- MS
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| On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:18:09 -0800, Michael Strorm thoughtfully wrote:
> noi <noi@siam.com> wrote in message
> news:<Xxi1e.11438$ZB6.9756@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>...
>
> DOS? Not as far as I know.
>
> TurboPrint is a commercial printer driver system that works on top of
> CUPS, lpr and friends (the website is
> http://www.turboprint.de/english.html ); I use it with my Canon i450
> printer.
>
> Going by your answer, I think you have a totally different product in
> mind. Wouldn't surprise me; "TurboPrint" is a fairly obvious name and has
> probably been used more than once...
>
>
> - MS
Yeah these might be the same guys that did the DOS version 10yrs ago.
BTW, I think its a Firefox printing problem and not a CUPS/LPR printing
problem. Changing the WEB page fonts in Firefox to get the best possible
output with print preview but depending on the Web page monospaced(?)
fonts overlap. I use CUPS with my Lexmark color inkjet printer.
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| Michael Strorm 2005-03-29, 7:47 am |
| noi <noi@siam.com> wrote in message news:<fWL1e.12008$ZB6.6333@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>...
> BTW, I think its a Firefox printing problem and not a CUPS/LPR printing
> problem. Changing the WEB page fonts in Firefox to get the best possible
> output with print preview but depending on the Web page monospaced(?)
> fonts overlap.
Well, I'll check out your suggestion, although it still seems to be a
strange coincidence (if it is) that I had the same problem with a2ps,
and that it only occurs with printouts.
- MS
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| sraasch 2005-03-31, 10:13 am |
| Hi -
I have the exact same problem.
I ran a2ps with the '-o foo.ps' option to get a look at the raw postscript. Turns our that the problem is in a2ps and NOT with the printing system.
I've seen it posted elsewhere that there is a problem with ghostscript fonts, but I haven't tracked down a fix yet.
I'd appreciate any help from the audience.
-Steve
quote:
Originally posted by Michael Strorm
Hi all,
I'm having trouble printing stuff out under Linux. It happens with
both a2ps and Firefox, suggesting a common problem at a more basic
level.
When printing a document that includes fixed-width (i.e. Courier)
text, the fixed-width text takes more space than has been left for it,
and either overlaps the edge of the box (with a2ps) or overwrites
following non-fixed-width text (e.g. times) on the same line.
Presumably, something somewhere is calculating that 'x' space is
required, but the actual text is taking up more space than that, and
overlapping as a result.
I'm using Fedora Core 3 and Turboprint, pretty much 'as is'; I'd
appreciate some pointers as to which part of the printing subsystem
(or whatever else it might be) I should be looking at. Thanks in
advance!
- MS
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