Re: [opensuse] RFR: Printing From Browsers

Randall R Schulz wrote:
Hi,

I am almost always frustrated by the results of printing HTML pages from Firefox (I'm using version 2.0.x). The most common problem I encounter is that text lines mean nothing to the pagination process and it is common for a row of text to be sliced horizontally and split across a page boundary.

Does anyone know of a browser that does well with printing?


Thanks.


Randall Schulz
Interesting this blog was posted a few days ago claiming this is a Firefox issue.

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Why can't Firefox print as well as Internet Explorer?

What are they thinking at Mozilla? How could they devote time and effort to eye candy like new icons and drastically reworking the address bar when Firefox so often fails at printing.

How did printing get pushed to the bottom of the priority list?

I read lots of Web pages in hard copy and from the get-go (version 0.8 or so) Firefox has underperformed when it comes to printing Web pages. That issue and the slow start-up time are two constant annoyances endured by devoted Firefox users. It's been quite awhile now, and I think it's time that Mozilla get around to making Firefox the equal of Internet Explorer in terms of printing Web pages.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020813-33.html

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Not that this helps us on Linux, but it is interesting others are complaining about deficiencies in Firefox printing.

Jim F
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