Text 66060, 76 rader
Skriven 2011-07-18 22:55:00 av Ed Vance (6942.windowsa)
  Kommentar till text 66041 av ALAN ZISMAN (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Print Preview
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AZ>On 11-07-17 1:52 PM, Ed Vance -> LEE GREEN wrote:


AZ> EV> I have seen the Print Preview option under File in some programs but I
AZ> EV> was trying to get my friend to set Print Preview as a Default setting s
AZ> EV> any time he wanted to do a print job he could preview it before choosin
AZ> EV> to print it out.


AZ>Print Preview (in Windows) is application-by-application, not system-wide (a
AZ>with the Mac) or printer-dependent... for instance, the big improvement of
AZ>Internet Explorer 5.5 over IE 5.0 was that it included Print Preview, which
AZ>hadn't been an option in earlier IE versions - even though competing browser
AZ>had offered Print Preview for a while.

Alan,

As You have probably already read, I do have a Print Preview option that
can be checked in my Epson AIO's Printer Preferences window.

I am learning that Print Preview is NOT a feature that every printer
manufacturer allows for the user to set.

AZ>As you're noting - it can be very valuable to preview prior to printing,
AZ>especially for web pages and spreadsheets - where print output can be very
AZ>different from what the user expects. At my elementary school computer lab,
AZ>tried to train the kids (and the teachers) to always preview before printing
AZ>especially web pages... it was very frustrating to get a 20 page print out w
AZ>the user just wanted a paragraph or two...

Yep, that is what it is for.

AZ>However, I'm not aware of any way to make preview-before-printing a default.

I'd be glad to send some Print Scr pages to You via email so You can see
what I am seeing.

Recently I have been using the Print Scr key to copy the screen to the
Clipboard and then Pasting the Clipboard into IrfanView, editing out the
unwanted portions of the image and then printing, and/or saving the
image file.

It is helpful for printing some of the Store Coupons that I get in my
email, but when I click TBs Printer button the results is the Top Part
of the coupon at the bottom of one page and the Bottom Part of the
coupon at the top of the next page.

When that happens I cancel the print job and then Scroll the email so
all the coupon is visable on the screen, and then I press the Print Scr
key, so I can print the whole coupon using IrfanView (after editing out
the unwanted portions of screen image that isn't needed).

AZ>One more historical note - prior to the widespread use of TrueType fonts
AZ>(introduced with Windows 3.1), Print Preview was much more difficult - peopl
AZ>often had fonts installed on their printers that were not available for WYSI
AZ>viewing on screen... in the late 1980s/early 1990s, Adobe Type Manager was
AZ>popular for allowing postscript fonts to be used both for printing and scree
AZ>display - but only the availability of TrueType (jointly developed by Micros
AZ>AND Apple - imagine!) made this sort of thing work system wide (for both the
AZ>Windows and Macs of the era). Print Preview for DOS programs (like the once
AZ>popular Word Perfect or Lotus 1-2-3) was a whole other kettle of worms (or i
AZ>that can of fish?)

I remember hearing about Postscript but I never had anything that used
it.

IIRC, Postscript was used by Laser Printers long ago, correct me if I'm
in error.

When I bought my Epson 9 pin printer, I don't think I had heard of Print
Preview way back then.


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