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Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper, using a printer or a printing press.

Printing can mean displaying the text or image on screen or the more typical process with ink on paper using a printer or a printing press.

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How to convert a PDF document to PNG?

Is there a free way to convert a PDF document to a PNG image?
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How to get WYSIWYP (print what you see) in a web browser?

When I print a web page from my browser, I expect to get on paper exactly the content I'm seeing in the browser. To be precise: I expect the browser to render the same page contents the same way, except on a canvas with infinite height, and then…
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How to list printer names acceptable for use with lpr?

The lpr man page says a destination printer can be specified with the -P flag. -P destination[/instance] Prints files to the named printer. I have 'added' various printers on local Samba shares using the GUI in Ubuntu/Gnome. How can I get a…
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How do I print with the screen stylesheet?

A number of websites that I use have really bad stylesheets for the print media, but their screen stylesheets are quite good. Is there any way to tell my browser to ignore the print stylesheet and just print with the screen stylesheet? I’d also like…
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How is it that laser printers can print so fast nowadays (no warmup time)?

Years ago, I remember printing on a laser printer for the first time in the day took a long time because the fuser had to heat up, but I got a new laser printer recently and it can print in a few seconds first thing in the morning. How is it able to…
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How to convert a webpage to PDF with preserving its look (exactly as on web browser) and text/links?

I'm looking for a way to convert a webpage to PDF, but preserving the webpage's look. Also preserving webpage's text (being selectable), searchable [Generating image screenshot for the webpage would make text neither selectable nor searchable]. I'm…
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Can a printer print white color?

I was reading about different color models, when this question hit my mind. Can the CMYK color model generate white color? Printers use CMYK color mode. What will happen if I try to print a white colored image (rabbit) on a black paper with my…
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How to resume CUPS printer from command line?

I have printer in CUPS that due to driver problems (HP 1010) from time to time goes into pause. I would like to write a shell script that will execute once per hour to resume a printer in CUPS. But I have no idea after googling for couple of…
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Is it possible to view a page in Firefox using "print" media type?

I'm not talking of the Print Preview - I mean to view the webpage in Firefox "normally", with access to e.g. the F12 Developer Tools, but I want the layout to be the same as if I was printing the page out.
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Could I save printer's ink/toner by changing the font?

I'm developing a Microsoft Word document that reached more than 200 pages and I want to print it using my Laserjet or my father's Inkjet printer. I can save paper using both sides of each sheet, however I can't save ink/toner using smaller fonts or…
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How can I print out a PDF substituting pixels for blue pixels?

I have no more black ink in my Canon MP560 printer. All other colors print fine. I need to print out an online train ticket. When I print it out, I can't see any of the page that is in black (most of it, all the text). I already printed it as a PDF…
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Opening a PDF brings up the Print dialog

I have some PDF's which, when I double-click to open, automatically bring up the Print dialog box in Adobe Reader X. I'm on Windows XP. I think this is because of some code within the PDF itself. Is there some way I can disable such automatic…
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How can I make Word print a one-page document multiple times on one single sheet?

Office 2007 and 2010 have a setting in the print dialog that allows you to print multiple pages per sheet: However, when I try to print 4 copies of a single page with 4 pages per sheet, I get 4 pages with 1 page per sheet in the top left corner, at…
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How to print documents to pictures (gif, bmp etc.) on windows

What is the easiest way to capture the printout of a document in a picture (i.e. GIF, BMP etc.)? Making a screenshot does not help, since the printout is different and larger than the screen. Is there a special printer driver for windows that…
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How to distill / rasterize a PDF in Linux

We have a printer at our office that prints PDF files from a USB stick. It prints most files okay, but it has problems with some, especially ones generated with Latex. Some PDFs it simply refuses to print, some PDFs it prints with courier-type…
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