Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1860
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:54 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600

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Monday 07 September 2009
 Number  1860
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
2  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
3  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : John Angelico" <john at oils dot net dot au>
4  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
5  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
6  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53 : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>

**= Email   1 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:47:13 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53

<quote who="Ed Durrant">
> Voytek Eymont wrote:
>> <quote who="Ed Durrant">

>>> 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

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**= Email   2 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:48:45 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53

Voytek Eymont wrote:
> <quote who="Ed Durrant">
>   
>> Voytek Eymont wrote:
>>     
>>> <quote who="Ed Durrant">
>>>       
>
>   
>>>> 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

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Warpstock Europe at Stralsund, Germany 12-15 November 2009 http://www.warpstock.eu

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Date:  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:52:13 +1000
From:  "John Angelico" <john at oils dot net dot au>
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
>___________________

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**= Email   4 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:46:11 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
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

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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:54:11 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Voytek Eymont" <voytek at sbt dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Good results so far with Firefox v 3.53

<quote who="Ed Durrant">
> 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

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**= Email   6 ==========================**

Date:  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:24:27 +1000 (AEST)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
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
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