From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:54 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1860 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Monday 07 September 2009 Number 1860 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Voytek Eymont" 2 Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Ed Durrant 3 Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : John Angelico" 4 Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Ed Durrant 5 Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Voytek Eymont" 6 Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : John Angelico" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:47:13 +1000 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 > Voytek Eymont wrote: >> >>> This release (3.53pre - Shintenko) of firefox, seems stable so far on >>> eCS 2.0 RC6a. Flash works (using the normal patched plugin) and >>> generally it seems to handle all websites well. >>> >>> Of course it is still crippled by not being able to print directly to >>> a physical printer, rather creating PDF files on the desktop, that >>> later can be printed. >> are you saying that FF has a built in PDF output ? >> >> where do I download it ? > Yes all v 3.x versions of FF create a PDF file on the desktop instead of > printing to a printer (even though you select a particular printer). > http://www.mozilla dot org/ports/os2/ hmm, never realized that (as I use FF/2 1.5) I just tried with FF/2 3.01 that I found I must've installed, yes, it made a PDF is there a way to backlevel? the pdf to be openable by Acrobat/2 ? Acrobat/2 won't open with bad cmap error -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:48:45 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 Voytek Eymont wrote: > > >> Voytek Eymont wrote: >> >>> >>> > > >>>> This release (3.53pre - Shintenko) of firefox, seems stable so far on >>>> eCS 2.0 RC6a. Flash works (using the normal patched plugin) and >>>> generally it seems to handle all websites well. >>>> >>>> Of course it is still crippled by not being able to print directly to >>>> a physical printer, rather creating PDF files on the desktop, that >>>> later can be printed. >>>> > > >>> are you saying that FF has a built in PDF output ? >>> >>> where do I download it ? >>> > > >> Yes all v 3.x versions of FF create a PDF file on the desktop instead of >> printing to a printer (even though you select a particular printer). >> http://www.mozilla dot org/ports/os2/ >> > > hmm, never realized that (as I use FF/2 1.5) > > I just tried with FF/2 3.01 that I found I must've installed, yes, it made > a PDF > > is there a way to backlevel? the pdf to be openable by Acrobat/2 ? > > Acrobat/2 won't open with bad cmap error > > > > You probably don't have the latest Acrobat reader for OS/2 ? I'll send you it off-list. -- Cheers/2 Ed eComStationAustralia podcast RSS feed http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed or iTunes Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 http://www.warpstock.eu -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:52:13 +1000 From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:13:39 +1000 (AEST), John Angelico wrote: Hi Ed. As promised, here is the site URL for free PDF printing in Win XP using RedMon, Ghostscript and a Postscript "virtual" printer http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~henrik/GSWriter/GSWriter.html Best Regards John Angelico General Manager All Things Oil >On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:02:50 +1000 Ed Durrant wrote: >> >Hi Ed. >> >>I have no problem with having the feature to write a PDF file however I >>also want to be able to send a print directly to the printer. This was a >>problem in the early days of FF 2.x for OS/2 but it was fixed. It >>hasn't been fixed on FF 3.x. >Yes, see your point. I had forgotten that it happened with v2 also. >>> When I saw that with an earlier FF, I kept it, and it actually prompted me >>> to put PDF "printing" onto my work Windows platform. I use a free version >>> with a redirector and Postscript driver, plus GSView. >>> >>> >> Is that on the Windoze platform? If that redirector is actually an OS/2 >>program, perhaps the PDF output from FF 3.x could be routed to CUPS so >>that any CUPS supported printer would be able to print the requested >>output print? >Yes, 'doze platform. There is an equivalent to RedMon in the Win-sphere. I >will email you from work with the details. >I have a PDF printer set up on OS/2 as well, using PSCRIPT driver, and port >redirection to file. I create a *.ps file which I then read in GSView for >OS/2, and convert to PDF. >Best regards >John Angelico >OS/2 SIG >os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or >talldad at kepl dot com dot au >___________________ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:46:11 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 Thanks for the link John, but I already have commercial products that do this under Windoze. What I am trying to get is some way to have the OS/2 port of FF v 3.x be able to print to an actual physical printer at present it can only create PDF files on the desktop. Shame, because apart from that glitch, FF/2 v 3.53pre seems to be a good, stable, quick browser! Cheers/2 Ed. John Angelico wrote: > On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:13:39 +1000 (AEST), John Angelico wrote: > > > Hi Ed. > > As promised, here is the site URL for free PDF printing in Win XP using RedMon, Ghostscript and a Postscript "virtual" printer > > http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~henrik/GSWriter/GSWriter.html > > Best Regards > John Angelico > General Manager > All Things Oil > > >> On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:02:50 +1000 Ed Durrant wrote: >> > > >> Hi Ed. >> > > >>> I have no problem with having the feature to write a PDF file however I >>> also want to be able to send a print directly to the printer. This was a >>> problem in the early days of FF 2.x for OS/2 but it was fixed. It >>> hasn't been fixed on FF 3.x. >>> > > >> Yes, see your point. I had forgotten that it happened with v2 also. >> > > >>>> When I saw that with an earlier FF, I kept it, and it actually prompted me >>>> to put PDF "printing" onto my work Windows platform. I use a free version >>>> with a redirector and Postscript driver, plus GSView. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Is that on the Windoze platform? If that redirector is actually an OS/2 >>> program, perhaps the PDF output from FF 3.x could be routed to CUPS so >>> that any CUPS supported printer would be able to print the requested >>> output print? >>> > > >> Yes, 'doze platform. There is an equivalent to RedMon in the Win-sphere. I >> will email you from work with the details. >> > > >> I have a PDF printer set up on OS/2 as well, using PSCRIPT driver, and port >> redirection to file. I create a *.ps file which I then read in GSView for >> OS/2, and convert to PDF. >> > > > >> Best regards >> John Angelico >> OS/2 SIG >> os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or >> talldad at kepl dot com dot au >> ___________________ >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > > -- Cheers/2 Ed eComStationAustralia podcast RSS feed http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed or iTunes Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 http://www.warpstock.eu -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:54:11 +1000 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 > Thanks for the link John, but I already have commercial products that do > this under Windoze. > FWIW, I use PDFCreator from sf dot net (freeware) > John Angelico wrote: > >> On Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:13:39 +1000 (AEST), John Angelico wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Ed. >> >> >> As promised, here is the site URL for free PDF printing in Win XP using >> RedMon, Ghostscript and a Postscript "virtual" printer >> >> >> http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~henrik/GSWriter/GSWriter.html >> >> >> Best Regards >> John Angelico >> General Manager >> All Things Oil >> >> >> >>> On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:02:50 +1000 Ed Durrant wrote: >>> >>> >> >> >>> Hi Ed. >>> >>> >> >> >>>> I have no problem with having the feature to write a PDF file >>>> however I also want to be able to send a print directly to the >>>> printer. This was a problem in the early days of FF 2.x for OS/2 >>>> but it was fixed. It hasn't been fixed on FF 3.x. >>>> >> >> >>> Yes, see your point. I had forgotten that it happened with v2 also. >>> >>> >> >> >>>>> When I saw that with an earlier FF, I kept it, and it actually >>>>> prompted me to put PDF "printing" onto my work Windows platform. I >>>>> use a free version with a redirector and Postscript driver, plus >>>>> GSView. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Is that on the Windoze platform? If that redirector is actually an >>>> OS/2 >>>> program, perhaps the PDF output from FF 3.x could be routed to CUPS >>>> so that any CUPS supported printer would be able to print the >>>> requested output print? >>>> >> >> >>> Yes, 'doze platform. There is an equivalent to RedMon in the >>> Win-sphere. I >>> will email you from work with the details. >>> >> >> >>> I have a PDF printer set up on OS/2 as well, using PSCRIPT driver, >>> and port redirection to file. I create a *.ps file which I then read >>> in GSView for OS/2, and convert to PDF. >>> >>> >> >> >> >>> Best regards >>> John Angelico >>> OS/2 SIG >>> os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG >=== >> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers/2 > > > Ed > > > eComStationAustralia podcast RSS feed > http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed or iTunes > Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 > http://www.warpstock.eu > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === > > -- Voytek -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:24:27 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:46:11 +1000 Ed Durrant wrote: > > >Thanks for the link John, but I already have commercial products that do >this under Windoze. > >What I am trying to get is some way to have the OS/2 port of FF v 3.x >be able to print to an actual physical printer at present it can only >create PDF files on the desktop. Shame, because apart from that glitch, >FF/2 v 3.53pre seems to be a good, stable, quick browser! > Apologies, Ed, sounds like I got your request backwards. But anyone else who wants to do the Print to PDF on Windoze trick doesn't have to spend money on a commercial solution. You are welcome to go to the URL and see what's required. On eCS I still use GSView (licensed a long time ago) plus recent releases of GhostScript, along with Lucide. Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG