From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Printing Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:19:26 +0300 Message-ID: References: <5f0660120903280331y780c80b7i57a8115dc4b029eb@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238469704 24037 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2009 03:21:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, cmr.pent@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 31 05:23:02 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 1LoUZ4-0006PQ-6V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:23:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40056 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoUXg-0008Gk-Lp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:21:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoUXc-0008Et-2l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:21:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LoUXb-0008Dw-Fd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:21:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52458 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LoUXb-0008Dl-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:21:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout6.012.net.il ([84.95.2.16]:44954) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LoUXZ-0004dS-Ia; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:21:29 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout6.012.net.il by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KHC00C00OLOV500@i-mtaout6.012.net.il>; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:21:28 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.3.64]) by i-mtaout6.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KHC00COTPBPXFA0@i-mtaout6.012.net.il>; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:21:26 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) 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:109940 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:27:19 +0200 > From: Lennart Borgman > Cc: rms@gnu.org, cmr.pent@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >=20 > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrot= e: > >> 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 al= l > >> the text > > > > Not necessarily: PostScript language includes a capability to dow= nload > > characters and images to the printer. =A0So the fact that somethi= ng is > > on paper does not yet mean it was printed using fonts that are bu= ilt > > into the printer. =A0(See ps-bdf.el for an example of how Emacs d= oes > > 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.) >=20 > Do you mean that the web browser might have the needed font and can > sent it to the printer? Not the browser itself, but the Windows APIs and the printer driver can do that.