Re: printing from linux opera

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Istvan Gabor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello list readers:
>
> This letter is mainly meant for opera developers if they read it.
>
> I've been using opera web browser for long, but
> when it comes/came to printing a page I have/had to do it in other browser,
> since options for printing from opera are very limited.
>
> It lacks a proper page setup. Headers, footers can not
> insert text in the center, the printer's options for
> resolution, single/double page printing can not be used,
> just to mention a few.
> It is not clear for me how 'fit to paper width' and 'scale print to' options
> are related.
> The print preview option should reflect how the page would look
> on paper. Right now if I turn print preview on, the page is shown
> in landscape arrangement, but my printer is set to portrait printing.
> It's not clear either which printer's settings are reflected when print
> preview is turned on.
>
> I have opensuse 11.2 with KDE 3.5 and CUPS print manager, also
> KDE's kdeprinter print manager. I tested the opera 11.11 for linux.
>
> The main point: can any improvement be expected in this area in the
> forthcoming opera releases?
>
I can confirm that printing in Opera is badly broken and is not
suitable for any serious office usage. For an example, print this [1]
from Opera and from Firefox and notice the difference. (It's 20 pages
long, so print only the first 5 pages or so.)

Regards
Liviu

[1] http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.statusprint&cid=41


> Thanks,
>
> Istvan
>
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