Andrew Hawryluk <ahawry...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:11 AM, David Kastrup<d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> Andrew Hawryluk <ahawry...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Long ago I noticed that the text in our PDF manuals is fully black, >>> which results in rough-looking text when printed: >>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2008-10/msg00059.html >>> >>> Attached is a patch which corrects this, and the printed output is >>> noticeably improved. (The on-screen output is nearly >>> indistinguishable.) >>> >>> I'll send this to the TexInfo folks as well. >>> >>> Andrew >>> From b2608a3c68f677729d5b72379d18b978b8c6236a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >>> From: Andrew Hawryluk <ahawry...@gmail.com> >>> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:14:42 -0600 >>> Subject: [PATCH] Fix TexInfo PDF output text color >>> >>> Changed CMKY colors to RGB colors, as RGB black prints >>> better than CMYK black on home printers. >> >> In that case, the "home printer" is broken. It might be conceivable to >> use greyscale black as an alternative, but RGB black appears like a bad >> choice for printing. >> >> Could you specify the details of your "home printer"? > > I have had identical results on two monochrome laser printers, using > both Evince and Acrobat Reader. The home printer is a Samsung ML-2010; > I don't remember what the work printer is. In either case, they seem > to compensate for the fact that cmyk (0 0 0 1) is not the darkest tone > available. Do you get different results in print?
Sure do. So what driver with what setting converts your PDF to the respective printer language? -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
