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RE: Different Versions of FireFox

Slipstreem — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:26:29 GMT

'doPDF'. That's excellent! Thanks very much for that. :D

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

Bruce R — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:20:32 GMT

Thanks guys, just tried 'dopdf' in my XP copy of FireFox 3.02 and it quite quickly produced a PDF file, so I'll now use that in XP, whilst mostly using the Firefox 3.03 version's in-built capability in Ubuntu 8.04.1 :)
(Edit PS - where I now prefer Evince 2.22.2 to XP's Acrobat Reader 6.0)

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

The VFM (Value For Money) Addict — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:00:37 GMT

Actually I also use CutePDF but I recommended dopdf as it does not need Ghostscript, so is an easier solution.

Cheers,
vfm

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

Drezha — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:17:21 GMT

[quote][b]The VFM (Value For Money) Addict (26/09/2008)[/b][hr]The easy fix in Windows is to install a PDF printer/driver. Then simply print the page to that [i]"printer". [/i] There are loads available.

Here's an example - [url]http://www.dopdf.com/[/url]

Cheers,
vfm[/quote]

Indeed there is and the easiest and best method. I use [url=http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp]CutePDF[/url] so I can use it in everything (like Opera and Office)

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

The VFM (Value For Money) Addict — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:33:57 GMT

The easy fix in Windows is to install a PDF printer/driver. Then simply print the page to that [i]"printer". [/i] There are loads available.

Here's an example - [url]http://www.dopdf.com/[/url]

Cheers,
vfm

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

Bruce R — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:50:33 GMT

That's great - thank you Slipstreem :)
Edit PS - For the XP version of FireFox, its a commercial yet free add-on that achieves the same via more laborious transfer to their web-site as HTML before download return as a PDF file, with the activity invoking the promotion of other commercial, non-free tools. ;)
So, very useful for occasional use in XP, but most of the time I'll use the 'in-built' capability in the Ubuntu version of FireFox. :w00t:

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

Slipstreem — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:24:33 GMT

There is an official plugin to make your Windows version do it as well if you want to, Bruce. It lives [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/636]HERE[/url], although I've never tried it personally. :)

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

RE: Different Versions of FireFox

EdP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:15:22 GMT

Must confess that I hadn't noticed. That is quite a handy little trick, thanks for the tip!

Different Versions of FireFox

Bruce R — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:07:47 GMT

For Windows, Mozilla have just released version 3.0.2 of FireFox, which seems faster than version 3.0.1 on my [B] rig's XP, but has anyone else noticed how uniquely different the Ubuntu version of FireFox is ? :)
Now at version 3.0.3, it's unique capability is 'Print to PDF'.
When displaying an HTML web-page, like [url]http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Hardy[/url] select File, Print and then 'PDF' instead of your CUPS-installed printer and a PDF file of the web-pages is fairly promptly dumped in to a 'Home' folder.
If you then find that file and double-click it, it opens in Evince PDF reader, currently at version 2.22.2, in which you can merely browse on-screen, saving paper, or print odd and then even pages to create a double-sided reference. In the case of the Ubuntu Guide example, about 41 pages worth. ;)
I have found that this doesn't work well for all web-pages, but for enough to be very useful. :cool:
So, anybody else noticed ? :w00t: