Carl Lowenstein wrote:
On 7/19/06, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
> Ralph Shumaker wrote:
>
>>Ralph Shumaker wrote:
>>
>>>Some programs (on fc4, and was the same on fc3) correctly see that my
>>>default printer is my hp1100. Other programs, such as gnumeric always
>>>come up defaulting to "generic postscript printer".
>>>
>>>Anyone know why?
Two questions:
1) Is the HP1100 a PostScript printer?
2) if you tell the program to print to "generic postscript printer"
what does it do?
On my system, "generic postscript printer" and HP2200 both make
printed sheets on the same piece of hardware.
carl
"generic postscript printer" starts printing a little too late (in
landscape) (running off the bottom of the page) and always spits out a
blank page after the printed page. The "HP1100" selection does not.
But it's not just a simple matter of telling gnumeric to use the hp1100
instead. First, it took a while to figure out how to tell gnumeric to
use a different printer. The only way I found was to tell it to print,
either with the print icon or File|Print, select the printer I want,
then click Cancel. (I was always using preview and printing from
there.) But when you tell it to use a different printer, gnumeric loses
*all* the File|PrintSetup settings. I have to go through setting them
back up on *all* the sheets. Some sheets are the same, some are not.
Anyway, this gets to be quite tedious, and generates a *STRONG* feeling
of resentment toward this insidious default that ignores *MY* default.
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