On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:49 PM, David Kastrup<d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Andrew Hawryluk <ahawry...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:33 AM, David Kastrup<d...@gnu.org> wrote: >>> >>> Sure do. So what driver with what setting converts your PDF to the >>> respective printer language? >> >> Good question. >> At home: Samsung ML-2010, SpliX V. 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 9.04 (evince or >> acroread) > > What printer driver is configured with what settings? Ubuntu has a > printer dialogue.
Here's the relevant info from the 'Printer Properties' dialogue. Make and model = Samsung ML-2010 Foomatic/gdi Resolution = 600 DPI Economy mode = Off Media type = Normal Paper Page size = Letter Halftoning Algorithm = Accurate (the other options are 'standard' and 'well-tempered screening' - is that the print setting Bach would have used?) Toner density = 3 (on a scale of 1-5) >> 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. > > Maybe. But CMYK black really should be black. If it isn't, there is > something wrong, likely in the printer driver which could be > GhostScript. The printer, incidentally, is a B&W or a color printer? B&W. I've only printed TexInfo output on B&W printers to date. and I always get the same results. >> 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. > > Didn't make it to the list. Download location? OK, here's three renderings of the 'short essay' (the LM version, abridged by Trevor): www.musicbyandrew.ca/essayCMYKblack.pdf - original www.musicbyandrew.ca/essayRGBblack.pdf - my original patch, red & black in RGB color space www.musicbyandrew.ca/essayMonoBlack.pdf - my new suggestion, monochrome black with the orignal CMYK red left unchanged On every combination of OS, PDF viewer, and B&W laser printer that I have tried, the original text is rendered just a shade lighter than true black, both on-screen and in print. Can anyone confirm this? On screen you can take a screenshot and measure the color of the text (e.g. in GIMP). In print, the effect is most visible in the body text. Andrew _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
