Thanks for bugging us...
--On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 11:32:56PM -0500, Brian E.W. Wood wrote: > Return-Path: <owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com> > Received: (from majordomo@localhost) > by postman.abisource.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA30781 > for abiword-dev-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:28:32 -0600 > Received: from nile.intac.com (root@nile.intac.com [198.6.114.2]) > by postman.abisource.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA30778 > for <abiword-dev@abisource.com>; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:28:31 -0600 > Received: from sherlock.intac.com (sherlock.intac.com [199.173.0.227]) > by nile.intac.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1/dman) with ESMTP id XAA26847 > for <abiword-dev@abisource.com>; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 23:32:57 -0500 (EST) > Message-ID: <XFMail.981217233256.beww@intac.com> > X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-alpha-031298 [p0] on Linux > X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 23:32:56 -0500 (EST) > Reply-To: beww@intac.com > Organization: Unix Dilletante > From: "Brian E.W. Wood" <beww@intac.com> > To: abiword-dev@abisource.com > Subject: Status of Unix Printing > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Sender: owner-abiword-dev@abisource.com > Precedence: bulk
> > I'm just wondering about the current status of Unix printing. On my Linux > (Alpha) machine I get the following results: > > A short line like "this is a test" prints OK, although the font spacing is a > little wide. > > A two-line message in a large font (like 36-point) prints as if the paper were > much wider (ie: the rightmost characters are off the page). > > A two-line message in 12-point type gets garbled in the middle, looks like > characters over-writing each other. > > I seem to recall reading here something about the current printing using > ghostscript. I have gs installed but do not use it because I have a postscript > printer. I can't remember if the ref to gs was for Unix or Win though. > > If Unix printing is using gs, is there some way I can control and/or fix up the > printing? > > As I've said in the past, printing is the only thing preventing me from > actually being able to use AbiWord. > > Anyway, just curious about the current status. > > --- > Brian E.W. Wood beww@intac.com
-- Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman eric@abisource.com