First, Hugo's suggestion to use the PS printer option works. For some reason Galeon's print dialog won't retain that setting.
In related news, Linus says "Just use KDE":
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00022.html
on Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 01:44:57PM +0100, Jan Willem Stumpel ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Karsten M. Self wrote:
> >For the past week or more, testing/unstable, I've had unusable print
> >output from Galeon and Firefox browsers.
> >
> >Sample output at
> >
> > http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/galeon-print-bug/hello.html
> > http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten/galeon-print-bug/galeon.ps
> >
> >... very simple source HTML file and printed output.
>
> From looking at your .ps file it seems that you use xprint.
Right. It seemed to find its way into Debian some time back, I let it.
Any suggested alternatives and methods to get there?
> It is not likely that this problem will be resolved soon. Almost no
> xprint related problem ever is; only one person knows how xprint really
> works, and he hasn't posted anything on his own list for many months.
A bad sign.
> I've collected some hints on how to use xprint on
> http://www.jw-stumpel.nl/stestu#T9.4.3 (your problem is not the one in
> the box "print size problems"; it is a different problem which I haven't
> yet mentioned on my page). But this will not help you to produce
> well-behaved PostScript. If you do not need international text printing,
> it is best to get rid of xprint, and go back to printing by
> PostScript/default.
I've applied the changes to my userContent.css, need to kill a mess of
browser windows and restart to see if it fixed the problem.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Jeff Waugh: Right, well you left an impression as an ungrateful turd
with a triple charisma bypass.
[Memo to Self: learn gratitude.]
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