For my current project - it is not that important.
For the idea I have for a future project, it would be important. It involves a complex sort of internet publishing of a multimedia form of daily/weekly/monthly magazines.
FWIW, one of the largest Internet publishing projects on the planet is AOL, and with Rev you can build a system that's faster and more attractive in less time than it takes them to have a meeting about it.
In a broad sense, the design possibilities for such a project could be characterized as AOL vs. PDF. The former is 'Net-delivered interactive software that has some printing capabilities, and the latter being print-focused software that has some interactive capabilities.
If a print focus is preferable for your project, you may find it hard to beat Acrobat for that. It's a fine tool for what it does, and there's narry a system out there that doesn't have Acrobat Reader installed.
But if a true software experience is desirable, you really can outdo the AOL experience in an afternoon with Rev.
While not precisely what you're looking for, you may find RevNet worth a moment's look to tickle the imagination (in Rev see Development->Plugins->GoRevNet).
Another project I can't say enough good things about is Christopher Condit's Dynamic Digital Maps: <http://ddm.geo.umass.edu/>. I honestly think all Rev developers owe it to themselves to take a minute to enjoy this wonderful app -- a fine example of 'Net-delivered multimedia.
It would only be important in the sense that it would be nice for the reader to be able to print out the product without having any words clipped.
If that's the only concern I'll bet we can solve it. Have you adjusted the rightMargin of the field you're printing? If the right side is being clipped you may find being a little generous with the rightMargin will correct it.
As to the question, would it be worth the trouble - I think so. Not just because it would benefit that project, but because it would be really nice for all Rev users to have available a "PrintforWindows" function that works perfectly that they could use without having to modify it greatly.
When it comes to the finer points of displaying text (kerning, font metrics, etc.) there will always be some differences between screen and print, less so on Mac than Win but pretty much everywhere. It's the nature of the beast, translating from one cordinate system and rendering architecture to another.
It's possible to minimize these differences beyond noticeability, and there are specialized catagories of software that do just that (page layout and some word processing tools).
But they are indeed specialized catagories, with as much code going into solving that problem as most apps spend on their UI. It may be possible for Rev to one day also provide the same level of control for finely-tuned font metrics, but for myself I'd rather it be an external so I wouldn't need to add so much to my apps, most (all?) of which would likely never need it.
If my choice is between having imperfect printing with Rev, or perfect printing with something else - Rev will definitely be the way to go for me.
Once you get the clipping issue resolved I think you'll be very happy with that decision.
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