Re: [Paps-discuss] typefaces print heavier with paps

[Dov G. <dov...@gm...>]

Hi John,

I've seen the same problem and I'm quite clueless of where it comes from. On
the PostScript level all I am doing is to create a path of the outline of
the characters which I am then filling with the normal postscript fill
command. I have searched for ghostscript commands to see if there is any
parameter for blackness, but I still haven't found it...

In any case, paps really should be converted to using cairo as its backend
instead of postscript directly. And if the same problem then remains, then
it is a cairo problem, and not my problem anymore. I started the conversion
quite a while ago, but I have yet to finish it. One of these days...

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Dov


2008/5/13 john-thomas richards <jtr...@co...>:

> I am using paps 0.6.8 in Debian Lenny.  When I print a paps-converted file
> (plain text, from vim), the typeface is heavier than printing from, say,
> OpenOffice.org.  If I convert a file with 'paps --font "FreeMono 12" test >
> test.ps' and then print it, the characters are much thicker than from a
> GUI app or even from a2ps or enscript.  The text is not quite bold, but
> appears much heavier than it should.  It is more like the printer is using
> too much ink but I am only getting this from paps.  Any idea what could be
> causing this?  Is there a workaround?  I have googled for additional CLI
> options.  The paps website options do not match the options in Debian's man
> page but none of them seems to be the answer for this problem.
> --
> john-thomas
>