276408 - The only way IE is better is that when a webpage is found I want to print, I can shrink or increase the typesize for the printed document, but this is not possible--and would be more difficult if it were--in Firefox.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 80760

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[cettel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

In IE, but not in Firefox, when I change the type-size onscreen I also change it
on the resulting printed document. This feature should also be available in
Firefox. At present, when one changes onscreen typesize, that change is NOT
reflected in the resulting printed document.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compare IE w. Firefox, by first finding a webpage you want to print.
2. Go to "Print Preview" and let's asume it shows that the document is 6 pages.
3. Let's say you want to print it complete in only 3 pages.
4. In IE, you go "Back" "View" "Type Size" and have six sizes to choose from,
and whichever one you choose WILL be reflected in the resulting printed
document. That's NOT the case in Firefox.

Actual Results:  
As described.

Expected Results:  
As described.

Comment 1

[Sterling Bates]

Confirmed using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a6)
Gecko/20041221 Firefox/1.0+.

The summary needs some serious editing, though.  Perhaps "Document should print
at viewed font scale" or some such.

Comment 2

[Hermann Schwab]

(In reply to comment #0)

> In IE, but not in Firefox, when I change the type-size onscreen I also change it
> on the resulting printed document. This feature should also be available in
> Firefox. At present, when one changes onscreen typesize, that change is NOT
> reflected in the resulting printed document.

Doesn´t make sense to me, as screen and paper have different formats, and the
page may have different stylesheets (CSS) for screen and print media.


> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Compare IE w. Firefox, by first finding a webpage you want to print.
> 2. Go to "Print Preview" and let's asume it shows that the document is 6 pages.
> 3. Let's say you want to print it complete in only 3 pages.
> 4. In IE, you go "Back" "View" "Type Size" and have six sizes to choose from,
> and whichever one you choose WILL be reflected in the resulting printed
> document. That's NOT the case in Firefox.

5. In Firefox, if you zoom the screen, only text is zoomed, not images or
inputs. In Print Preview you can select a lot of percentages, shrink to fit, or
even input a custom percentage number, and see the result.
Did you use Print Preview to see different sizes?

If you are finding real bugs not already filed, Product:core, Component: Print
or Print Preview would be the right place to file a specific bug.

Did you compare IE to Firefox, not the other way round?

> Expected Results:  
> As described.

Why do you expect Firefox to be an IE clone, not a cross platform browser?

As you didn´t state exactly which feature of Firefox is buggy, I changed
Severity to 'Enhancement', as that is the Severity for wishes, not bugs. 

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 80760 ***