* John Goerzen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Package: firefox > Version: 1.5.dfsg-4 > Severity: normal > > There are several problems with printing in Firefox:
These should be filed as separate bug reports, not lumped together. > 1. There is no way to make the default printer "stick" between sessions. Legitimate wishlist bug. > 2. Each printer is listed twice. Once with "@:64" after the name, and > once as CUPS/name. It's completely undocumented in the help system what > the difference between these is. There are also xp_ps_spooldir and > xp_pdf_spooldir, which also are completely undocumented. This occurs if you have xprint installed, the @:64 printers use Xprint, the others are the regular UNIX print system. > 3. None of the CUPS printers work; when I try to print, I get a Printer > Error box that says "There was a problem printing because the paper size > you specified is not supported by your printer." Trying to print to A4? This has been reported. > 4. The Page Setup box takes margins only in millimeters. It should also > be able to accept margins in inches. Silly Americans :) > 5. The na-letter paper size in the Printer Properties box is confusingly > located in the middle of a bunch of ISO options, and is difficult to > find there. Legitimate wishlist bug. > 6. It's unclear what the "Gap from edge of paper to Margin" in Printer > Properties means, or how it relates to the margins in Page Setup, or > even what units it is given in. I see 0.4 on my screen. 0.4 what? > Inches? Centimeters? Millimeters? Legitimate bug. > 7. Under Colorspace, I see "TrueColor/24bit" listed four times, with no > apparent difference between them. It's also unclear what the difference > between GrayScale and StaticGray is. Run xdpyinfo and you'll see those 4 color spaces as well, so this may be a more general X issue. > 8. The Resolution/Quality box maxes out at 600DPI. Quite a few printers > are capable of more than that these days. Are you using a printer that can do > 600DPI? -- Eric Dorland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ: #61138586, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1024D/16D970C6 097C 4861 9934 27A0 8E1C 2B0A 61E9 8ECF 16D9 70C6 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s++: a-- C+++ UL+++ P++ L++ E++ W++ N+ o K- w+ O? M++ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5++ X+ R tv++ b+++ DI+ D+ G e h! r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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