* Derrick 'dman' Hudson (dman@dman13.dyndns.org) [030918 10:14]: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 03:21:48PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > | * Derrick 'dman' Hudson (dman@dman13.dyndns.org) [030917 12:31]: > | > I want to print a certain web page[1], which includes color and > | > images, on "B" size paper (aka "Ledger", 11"x17"). My printer can > | > handle 11x17 just fine, but I don't know how to convert the HTML to PS > | > for the printer. Neither galeon nor mozilla allow choosing that paper > | > size, nor do they let me choose an arbitrary size. > | > > | > What tool(s) will fit the bill here? > | > | What print command are you using in mozilla? How about specifying an > | argument to that? Not sure if it would work, since mozilla also has a > | paper size option, which may or may not override your intentions. > | > | I also just pulled up about:config and found a few options which may be > | of interest: > > about:config. > > I didn't know about that before. > > | print.print.printer_PostScript/default.print_paper_width > | print.print.printer_PostScript/default.print_paper_height > | print.print.printer_PostScript/default.print_paper_name > | > | scrolling down a bit further, I found the default paper sizes under > | print.tmp.printerfeatures.Postscript/default.paper . So you > | could add an entry for tabloid by adding a new name, width, height, etc. > | and incrementing the "count" option. > > It looks promising, but nothing I tried changed the options available > in the print dialog. I'm not sure, but some of the settings may require you to restart mozilla for them to take effect. > At least I learned how to properly change settings that aren't > presented in the preferences dialog. These are the same settings listed in userprefs.js . The advantage is that you get to see all the settings, whereas the userprefs.js file may or may not have entries for all of the settings. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." --Noam Chomsky
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