[Lvlug] KDE, Mozilla, and postscript printing

[Scott Phelan]

Mark wrote:
> Does anyone know how to create a decent pdf from a web page without jumping 
> through hoops? Right now I use Mozilla (any version) to print to postscript 
> (.ps) and then open the file in KGhostView finally choosing to print to pdf 
> from there.
> 
> You can see my long explanation next if you want.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> ******* Long Explanation Begins *******************
> 
> Sometimes I like to save a web page as a pdf but to get good results I have to 
> go through several steps.  I use Mozilla Seamonkey but it's the same with 
> Firefox.
> 
> For example http://www.heise-security.co.uk/articles/print/82481 is a "print 
> friendly" view of a web page that I would like to save as a pdf.  After 
> loading the page in Seamonkey I choose File->Print and in the Printer section 
> I check "Print to File." The choice of printer seems to make no difference. 
> After clicking on print I get a prompt asking for a filename.
> 
> That creates a .ps file but not pdf. Now I open the file using KGhostView (it 
> won't open with a regular pdf viewer) and it looks great. The fonts are clean 
> and without error and any alternate fonts that are used for displaying code 
> look correct too.  From here I print to PDF by using the "Print to PDF" 
> printer selection and the resulting PDF looks great.
> 
> But if I try to print directly to PDF from Konqueror while viewing the same 
> web page it comes out looking like crap.  The font is all wrong and it only 
> uses one font throughout the document.  There are spacing errors and the font 
> that was used is completely different from the original. I can also print 
> to .ps directly from Konqueror and it looks "better" but still only uses a 
> single font throughout.
> 
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You could use the command line ps2pdf for the conversion step.
I used to print through Kprinter which has a selection for pdf files, 
but I don't know how to get Mozilla (Firefox) to launch kprinter

Scott Phelan

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