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| author | Manolo Gouy <Manolo> | 2015-01-19 14:16:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Manolo Gouy <Manolo> | 2015-01-19 14:16:18 +0000 |
| commit | 4e53b4f61617b6d8827241ea14d526071565a349 (patch) | |
| tree | efee16e1f1910e29c66f91598cf47861fd658684 /FL | |
| parent | 07eaf2810a6e05ab5a394aaf13708990d8938b9a (diff) | |
Documented how it is possible to change the default paper size for a printer on the Unix/Linux platform.
git-svn-id: file:///fltk/svn/fltk/branches/branch-1.3@10526 ea41ed52-d2ee-0310-a9c1-e6b18d33e121
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| -rw-r--r-- | FL/Fl_Printer.H | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/FL/Fl_Printer.H b/FL/Fl_Printer.H index d7840dcfe..0b53c49e0 100644 --- a/FL/Fl_Printer.H +++ b/FL/Fl_Printer.H @@ -130,7 +130,12 @@ public: <p><b>Platform specifics</b> <ul> <li>Unix/Linux platforms: - Class Fl_RGB_Image prints but loses its transparency if it has one. + Unless it has been previously changed, the default paper size is A4. + To change that, press the "Properties" button of the "Print" dialog window + opened by an Fl_Printer::start_job() call. This opens a "Printer Properties" window where it's + possible to select the adequate paper size. Finally press the "Save" button therein to assign + the chosen paper size to the chosen printer for this and all further print operations. + <br>Class Fl_RGB_Image prints but loses its transparency if it has one. See class Fl_PostScript_Graphics_Driver for a description of how UTF-8 strings appear in print. Use the static public attributes of this class to set the print dialog to other languages than English. For example, the "Printer:" dialog item Fl_Printer::dialog_printer can be set to French with: |