From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Printing Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:27:19 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5f0660120903280331y780c80b7i57a8115dc4b029eb@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238448493 6084 80.91.229.12 (30 Mar 2009 21:28:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, cmr.pent@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 30 23:29:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LoP2R-0004VY-U7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:29:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52620 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoP14-00082k-3E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoP0x-0007y4-L2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoP0t-0007rU-50 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40058 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoP0s-0007rO-Vy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.189]:18408) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LoP0q-0002AS-Qd; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id z23so870191fkz.10 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=EgCMjgtwUVM9ZryCfPW6h5SP7p65K8ucLOI0gdsnTRo=; b=ugVVkzudBEvkfvOv7VUHGQjs5RfjYYVK6H4nsKg/3JKUOx2fnhyG7J4V2zulpOfS+Y 6GLlBT2fUx6acFY7keJOh27nLoT7bV1cfdz7aaRjsffwZriqa/iLe0nS0hfjVdNB3E59 5KMXp5DwcMnaywI6aXu405o/7hGSHtasI4Avk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qQEsLKM81RpgNQ2cn8cPBAtmmRN3d12yRv0ovteH5YK+LDU8sx62TA8oq3/XCdtMtE x8ik7ExuJ6XnKb8YytF5HAmHmmF2uyl+SaZ/7BMNw3+krPyYgHKvbDdzGRg9a0eNW/qr rR0LvbktShBwb3mnkstjQaO8IzXGRLsdDk1f8= Original-Received: by 10.223.115.193 with SMTP id j1mr4383255faq.85.1238448439593; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109928 Archived-At: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> I think that the browser will send PostScript to the printer. > > Yes, it will. > >> So I believe it will show that the printer actually can print all >> the text > > Not necessarily: PostScript language includes a capability to download > characters and images to the printer. =C2=A0So the fact that something is > on paper does not yet mean it was printed using fonts that are built > into the printer. =C2=A0(See ps-bdf.el for an example of how Emacs does > that; however, the results are not very nice, perhaps because the BDF > fonts are not suited well to printer resolution, only to that of > terminals.) Do you mean that the web browser might have the needed font and can sent it to the printer?