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== Comment by [[User:Amall|Doug Feigelson] ==
== Comment by [[User:Amall|Doug Feigelson]] ==


Firefox NEEDS to have an editable print preview.  I believe that pre-print modification is a high-demand feature.  Have you not copyed a web page into word to remove some annoying ads and cut to the content you need?  Just some primative editing funntionality must be added.
Firefox NEEDS to have an editable print preview.  I believe that pre-print modification is a high-demand feature.  Have you not copyed a web page into word to remove some annoying ads and cut to the content you need?  Just some primative editing funntionality must be added.

Revision as of 04:58, 3 December 2005

Back to Firefox: System Components

|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Page Setup              +------------------------+-------------------------+ |
|                         | Paper & Format Options | Margins & Header/Footer | |
| +-----------------------+                        +-------------------------+ |
| | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| | | Paper Options |                                                      | | |
| | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | |                                   +--+                  +-----+      | | |
| | |  Orientation         (x) Portrait |  |    (o) Landscape |     |      | | |
| | |                                   |  |                  +-----+      | | |
| | |                                   +--+                               | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | |  Scale  [ 100 % ]          (x) Shrink To Fit Page Width              | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | |  Paper Size (v)[ Letter, Legal, A4... ]                              | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | |  Paper Source (v)[ Sheet, Borderless, Tray#... ]                     | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | | (x) Duplex ( Long Edge )   (o) Duplex ( Short Edge )                 | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | | (x) Page Order: Print Last Page First                                | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | |
| | | Format Options & Color                                               | | |
| | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | | (x) Print All Text Black   (o) Print Beveled Lines                   | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | | (o) Print Black Lines      (o) Print Backgrounds ( Colors & Images ) | | |
| | |                                                                      | | |
| | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | |
| |                                    ( OK ) ( Set Defaults ) ( Cancel )    | |
| +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Comment by Doug Feigelson

Firefox NEEDS to have an editable print preview. I believe that pre-print modification is a high-demand feature. Have you not copyed a web page into word to remove some annoying ads and cut to the content you need? Just some primative editing funntionality must be added.

References:
Page Setup form in Netscape 4.78 (all 4.x)
Bugzilla# 153363 Prtinting in sharp B&W
Bugzilla# 62422 Printing should allow control over the header and footer, orientation, printer selection, which pages to print
Bugzilla# 118563 The new print properties dialog does not save papersize

Printing UI

Thoughts About a Print UI for Mozilla
Bugzilla# 125824 make print settings better (tracking bug)
Bugzilla# 181527 Printing always prints full header
Programmers File Editor Print-UI Programmers File Editor Print-UI gifs