is @code{nil}, @code{printer-name} is used.
@vindex ps-print-header
-@vindex ps-print-color-p
The variable @code{ps-print-header} controls whether these commands
add header lines to each page---set it to @code{nil} to turn headers
-off. You can turn off color processing by setting
-@code{ps-print-color-p} to @code{nil}.
+off.
+
+@cindex color emulation on black-and-white printers
+@vindex ps-print-color-p
+ If your printer doesn't support colors, you should turn off color
+processing by setting @code{ps-print-color-p} to @code{nil}. By
+default, if the display supports colors, Emacs produces hardcopy output
+with color information; on black-and-white printers, colors are emulated
+with shades of gray. This might produce illegible output, even if your
+screen colors only use shades of gray.
+
+@vindex ps-use-face-background
+ By default, PostScript printing ignored the background of the faces,
+unless the variable @code{ps-use-face-background} is set to a
+non-@code{nil} value. This is to avoid unwanted interference with the
+zebra stripes and background image/text.
@vindex ps-paper-type
@vindex ps-page-dimensions-database