Sep 2010 21:13:37 -0400   
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   From: richDESPAM@DESPAMe-vertise.com   
      
   New beta versions of Firefox & Seamonkey with printing support are now   
   available.  These betas are part of a project sponsored by Mensys to   
   provide full printing support in the Mozilla apps.     
      
   In Phase I, printing via CUPS or directly to many Postscript-enabled   
   printers is supported.  Printing using native drivers such as OMNI,   
   LASERJET, etc. is not supported yet but will be in Phase II.     
      
   Firefox v4.0b7pre is available from:   
        ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/firefox-20100919.zip   
     or   
       http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/firefox-20100919.zip   
    Seamonkey v2.1b1pre is available from:   
        ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/seamonkey-20100919.zip   
     or   
       http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/seamonkey-20100919.zip   
      
   These betas are based on newer versions of the Mozilla code and should   
   be more stable than the previous releases.  Like the previous versions,   
   they use Exceptq v7 to generate debugging reports should the app crash.   
   Printing support is largely unchanged.     
      
      
   Printing Features   
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   * If you select a printer that uses a native Postscript driver (i.e. any   
   printer that supports Postscript or any printer set up to use CUPS), the   
   Mozilla app will create PS output using parameters taken from the driver.   
   However, it won't actually use that driver;  instead, it will send the   
   output to the spooler via the IBMNULL driver. IBMNULL should already be   
   installed on most systems;  if not, you will have to reinstall it.   
    * If you select a printer that uses a native raster driver (i.e. any other   
   type of driver such as EPOMNI), a PDF file will be created as is currently   
   done.  However, a file dialog will pop up so you can change the target's   
   name and directory.   
    * Any time you get a 'Print to file' dialog, you can force the output to   
   PS or PDF by setting the file's extension appropriately.  This way, even   
   when native drivers are supported, you'll still be able to get PDF output.   
    * Unlike the current implementation, this version won't create an empty   
   file on your Desktop when you use Print Preview.   
    Notes about Printing   
   --------------------   
   * Support for Postscript printers is uneven.  Most print without any   
   problems.  However, some don't, and no amount of experimentation has   
   succeeded in getting them to print.  If your model doesn't work, we   
   ask for your patience until native driver support is implemented.   
   No problems printing via CUPS have been reproted.     
      
   * In order to send output through IBMNULL, the program adds it to the   
   printer's list of supported drivers.  If you open the printer object's   
   Properties notebook to the 'Printer driver' page, you'll find both the   
   PS driver and IBMNULL are selected in the upper box.  To avoid problems   
   when queueing several print jobs, it isn't removed/deselected when done.   
   As long as the PS driver remains the default (i.e. it's selected in the   
   lower box), this shouldn't cause any problems - if it does, please let   
   me know.     
      
   * Printing directly from an email window in Seamonkey fails.  Instead,   
   open 'Print Preview', then select the 'Print' button.   
    Exceptq   
   -------   
   * If the app encounters a fatal error (i.e. crashes), Exceptq will emit   
   a two-tone beep and generate an exception report in the exe's directory.   
   The report's name is based on the process & thread ID of the thread that   
   crashed, and has an extension of '.TRP' (e.g. 003A_1.TRP).  Reports are   
   usually 30-50kb but may be larger.   
    * While most of the report is of little interest to users, at the end is   
   a list all dlls loaded into the process.  It my be worthwhile to scan it   
   for dlls that shouldn't be there, such as dlls loaded from another Moz   
   app or dlls for plugins that you didn't know were still installed.   
    * Please do NOT email or post these reports unless requested.  We still   
   have to work out an orderly system for collecting and acting on them.     
      
   Rich Walsh   
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