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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Printing issues (FW: kfm 1.167.2.21)
From:       David Faure <David.Faure () cramersystems ! com>
Date:       1999-10-29 12:54:16
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Printing... I have no idea about printing...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Summerfield [mailto:summer@OS2.ami.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 2:58 AM
> To: faure@kde.org
> Subject: kfm 1.167.2.21
> 
> 
> I've just printed an html document. The page, as displayed on my 15"
> screen, is quite close to the same shape as my A4 paper. 
> 
> The text is reformatted for the page; I'm quite happy about 
> that. What I
> WOULD like is to be able to control the text size used to print; the
> characters on the paper are larger than on my screen.
> 
> I would prefer to use smaller fonts on the paper; my printer 
> uses smaller
> tods than my screen and so smaller text is sharper and easier to read
> than on the screen. 
> 
> Since the print file is created in postscript, it's easily 
> scaled; I used
> to use a wrapper for WordStar 2000 that took a postscript file, scaled
> it, rotated it, and printed it two-up making two A5 images on 
> A4 paper.
> 
> I think an option on the print menu offering multipliers of 2, 1.4, 1,
> .7, .5, .35 with smaller numbers offering smaller text; larger numbers
> using more paper would suffice.
> 
>  -- 
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
> http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
> Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

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David Faure
faure@kde.org - KDE developer
david@mandrakesoft.com - Mandrake
david.faure@cramersystems.com - Cramer Systems

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