[WDSCI-L] Re: Print from Indented View

[adrian <stori@xxxxxxxxxx>]

1.- The setting "default.printer.font" is "install", while a further 
query of "install.printer.font" will show "screen" - which means to use 
the display font (i.e., what Eclipse does anyway).  Enter

   help print.font

on the LPEX command line for more information on this.

2.- You have to be very careful with the font name you specify (correct 
format and case), otherwise the printer will use its default.  Try also 
"Courier New-8", "Courier New-10", and the "Lucida Console-8" suggested 
by another user in a message here.

DeLong, Eric wrote:
> Aha! Thats something new....  Currently, default.printer.font is "Install".
> However, setting this to "Courier-regular-10" still fails to render fixed
> pitch output....  Again, setting print.font does not seem to affect the
> output either.  Every page I've printed used the same proportional spaced
> font, never changing in point size or any other attribute.  The only setting
> that I saw that changed the output was the option in LPEX Print to tokenize
> the listing.  This caused shading and colorization of the output.
> Otherwise, its the same old font.
>
> Eric DeLong
> Sally Beauty Company
> MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
> 940-898-7863 or ext. 1863
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adrian [mailto:stori@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:02 PM
> To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [WDSCI-L] Re: Print from Indented View
>
>
> The underlying Eclipse platform doesn't have a font selection dialog for 
> printers yet.  By default, the current display font (as set via "Window" 
>  > "Preferences" > "LPEX Editor" > "Appearance" > "Change...") is used 
> for printing as well.  The printer may not support the same fonts, 
> though, in which case it will use its default font (usually not a fixed 
> pitch one...).
>
> Try a few variations from the LPEX command line of the indented view (or 
> any other view for that matter), for example:
>
>     print.font "Courier New-10"
>     print.font "Courier-8"
>
> If you hit on an acceptable non proportional printer font, you can make 
> the setting permanent, for example:
>
>     default.print.font "Courier New-8"