On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Andrew Hawryluk<ahawry...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:33 AM, David Kastrup<d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> 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 >> > > Good question. > At home: Samsung ML-2010, SpliX V. 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 9.04 (evince or acroread) > At work: not sure, Windows XP and Adobe Acrobat 9.0 (Yes, I have just > confessed to having printed a bit of LilyPond documentation at work.) > > I have also now tried monochrome black with CMYK red, which is > probably the best output option, but the TeX code could be cleaned up. > I have attached sample pages of the original and my latest variation > for comparison. Perhaps someone else can print both pages and see a > difference. > > Thanks, David, for humoring me as I figure this out! > > Andrew >
Attachments actually attached this time.
essayCMYKblack.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
essayMonoBlack.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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