From 550135d1a3b8779fcd88c0e1c5a9a14362661e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 13:43:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (PostScript Variables): Extend the documentation of ps-print-color-p. Add the description of ps-use-face-background. --- man/misc.texi | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index b540cae5a6d..7560f06151d 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -1389,11 +1389,24 @@ first two variables yourself, they take their initial values from 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 -- 2.39.2