I cannot change the font of printed output from Kmail – it is very poor quality and uneven. I have tried changing Settings → Configure Kontact → Appearance → Printing output → verdana → apply. using KDE or Gnome makes no difference. I am using the hplip driver for a Photosmart C5180 for which the printed output is usally excellent.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:06:03 GMT
linux matt <linux_matt@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
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> I cannot change the font of printed output from Kmail – it is very poor
> quality and uneven. I have tried changing Settings → Configure Kontact
> → Appearance → Printing output → verdana → apply. using KDE or
> Gnome makes no difference. I am using the hplip driver for a Photosmart
> C5180 for which the printed output is usally excellent.
>
>
Please try changing the font in the Kmail program itself… Kontact acts as a “shell” around Kmail when they are used together, and settings are not
always propagated through.
Kmail is available as a stand-alone program from the Kmenu -> Applications ->
Internet -> Kmail, or you may type kmail in the search box.
Loni
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I have tried this on 2 installations of kmail. In neither case does the printing output setting change the preview or indeed the printout. Does this actually work on your system?
Here’s a more detailed explanation of the issue:
Cannot change print output font from Kmail.I have 2 installations of kmail running under Suse 10.3. Using the “Printing output” setting in Kmail I cannot change the font that is used for printing. I can change the font for the message body no problem, and the font name for printed output is definitely written to the kmailrc configuration file e.g.: “print-font=Utopia,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0”. The print preview (presumably using ghostview) seems to always show some default font but where that font is set I have no idea.
Seems to be a bug reported by others:
‘Bug#32028: KMail Print fonts too large’ - MARC](http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-bugs-dist&m=99952685711465&w=2)
Gentoo Bug 233328 - kde-base/kmail-3.5.9 prints with the same font
This last one mentions a possible workaround:
[Bug 106217] New: kmail ignores the set printing font and font size when the message view is set to fixed font - Janet - org.kde.kmail-devel - MarkMail](http://markmail.org/message/qrcvrjq3c2vyimve)
Now, one wild stab in the dark: Have a look at KDE Control Centre > Peripherals > Printers. Select Print Manager > Fonts. Is the ‘Embed fonts in PostScript data when printing’ enabled?
All I can offer…
That Gentoo bug is the same one as I am experiencing. Yes, the “Embed fonts in PostScript data when printing” is enabled and I assume it should be?
BTW, does KDE set a default print font anywhere? looks like Sans or similar to me.
…and thanks for reply deano, helpful
Yes, that ps option should be enabled. If you don’t get any joy here, I would recommend posting this ‘KDE’ problem at Main Page - KDE-Forum.org
Many thanks, will do