Ubuntu
firefox package

print to file defaults to PostScript when it should probably default to PDF

Bug #888008 reported by James Hunt
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This bug affects 3 people
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firefox (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

File->Print->Print to file defaults to output format "PostScript". Although I'm a big fan of PostScript (even having programmed in it), I think PDF should be the default now since:

(1) the resulting files are smaller (being compressed)
(2) standard desktop tooling handles PDF widely
(3) almost everyone knowns what a PDF file is (whereas the same is not true of PostScript).

I think (3) is the most important aspect here.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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DrKay (dr-jameskay) wrote :

I noticed that the default Print to File in Thunderbird, Evince, and Chromium is to PDF, but Firefox defaults to PostScript. It seems that each application can set different printing defaults.

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