The next stage is to open Menus » Windows » Print Manager and configure it as follows: In the AFM (metrics) files section, use the file requester gadget to the right to browse to the directory you chose above, or type directly into the string gadget.

Once the window has opened, go to the Preferences » HTML » Fonts section, and click on the For PostScript printing tab. To do this, first load IBrowse² and open the settings using Menus » Preferences » Settings. SYS:Fonts/PostScript, then IBrowse² needs to be configured to use this directory. Once the files have been renamed, they need to be moved to a suitable directory, e.g. hvbo_.afm as helvetica-boldoblique.afm.FTP directories:Īfter downloading the files, they need to be renamed exactly as follows:

The first part of this process is to download all of the *.afm files from the Adobe Inc. By using these two pieces of software and following this section, the printouts from IBrowse² will be greatly improved by producing WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) A4, portrait orientated, hard copies.īefore you can configure the specific settings, you need to ensure everything is correctly installed. IrseeSoft also provide a version of GhostScript5 (a PostScript interpreter), which comes with support for Turboprint 7. Only greyscale PostScript printing is currently supported in this release of IBrowse.įor non-PostScript printers, it is recommended that you use the 3rd party printing system Turboprint 7 by IrseeSoft, as this will provide the best results and is required to follow the details below. This chapter covers PostScript printing, as text printing is very straight forward, and can be achieved by two methods: directly to a PostScript printer, or via a PostScript interpreter (which will allow PostScript data to be printed on a non-PostScript printer). Due to the amount of work that this involves, graphical printing has not yet been implemented into IBrowse² via a native system, which has left two other choices: plain text printing or printing via PostScript. Sadly, as the printing system in AmigaOS® is rather limited, IBrowse² needs to implement its own printing system. The ability to print web pages is a very important aspect of any browser, and IBrowse² is no exception.

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