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How to print background colors in Mac OS X

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From: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
To: Scott Heftler <psyche <at> mail.utexas.edu>, 328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#328: How to print background colors in Mac OS X
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:24:11 +0900

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>>>>> On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:26 -0500, Scott Heftler <psyche <at> mail.utexas.edu> said:

> I'm using Carbon Emacs 22.2.1 on MacBook Pro "25 running OS X 10.5.2. 
> My printer is a HP Deskjet F4180.

> I cannot print background colors.  The foreground color of the text
> prints fine.  But the background color of the text never prints.

> Here's how to reproduce:

> 1. Apply a face that inludes a background color, such as `isearch', to
>    some text.  Select some text, do `M-o O isearch <RET>'.  Now that
>    text has a background.

> 2. Then set `ps-use-face-background to t' by doing `M-: (setq
>    ps-use-face-background t) <RET>'.

> 3. Now you're ready to print, via `ps-print-buffer-with-faces'.

> You get the foreground text properly printed.  The background is all
> white.

It works for me with Carbon Emacs 22.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.3, though
there is some difference in the extension of the background color at
the end of line.

The PostScript file generated with `C-u M-x
ps-print-buffer-with-faces RET' is attached.

				     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
				mituharu <at> math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp

[printtest.ps.gz (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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