277137 - unicode characters are not printed correctly

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Vern Poythress]

Firefox 1.0 running on linux fc2 prints squares and blanks instead of Hebrew and
Extended Greek Unicode, whether printing is to Epson 860 or Savin (HP laserjet
4P compatible).  On-screen display of the page is OK; print preview shows
unicode characters, but with odd extra space following.  Firefox 1.0 on Windows
2K prints correctly.  OpenOffice 1.1.4 and 1.9.65 print the file correctly on
linux fc2 (and I presume on Windows 2K).  If needed, I can send you the sample
html and the (free) unicode fonts that I am using.

[e-mail]

Comment 1

[Kenneth Herron]

Vern,

Could you provide the following?

1) A sample page (URL) containing the kind of text you're talking about. This
should go in the "URL" field above.

2) The output of printing that page to a file. Please attach this using the
"create a new attachment" link above.

3) The name of the printer you're printing to, as displayed in mozilla's print
dialog?

Comment 2

[Vern Poythress]

Attachment: It is the result of telling firefox to print html text to a file.

Comment 3

[Vern Poythress]

When I print to the printer, I choose either "Postscript/Epson860" or
"Postscript/Savin" in the printer box.

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Vern, did you mean to put a URL in the URL field?  It looks like you put a
doctype there instead...

Clearing URL field, since it doesn't contain a URL.

Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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