Re: Printing with Media Viewer

[Stephen Wynn <swynn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Taking Margaret's advice, we have decided to prefer PDF files for our 
e-reserves.  Others may be interested to know, however, that we upgraded to 
Phase 3 this morning, and are now able to use Media Viewer in the current 
versions of Explorer, Netscape, and Opera to print to a local printer.

At 07:02 PM 9/25/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Printing problems are one reason we decided early on to scan as PDF files
>and import into Guicat e-reserves.  While that may not solve your current
>problem, it will help with future ones.  If this is a possibility for you,
>I'd recommend it.
>
>Stephen Wynn <swynn@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> > I've spent some time this morning trying to get Media Viewer to print to a
> > local printer.  I've tried Explorer 5.5, 6.0, Netscape 6.0, 6.2.5 and 7.0,
> > and Opera 6.2 and 7.2.  The only one in which printing worked was Explorer
> > 5.5.  In all the others, I have tried various options, but can't get Media
> > Viewer to print to a local printer.  Instead, I get the message, "Printing
> > not supported by this browser."
> >
> > CSDirect tells me that I should "upgrade" to Netscape 4.5 or Explorer 4.01
> > (or Explorer 5.0 when it becomes available), and I'm willing to try these
> > versions if I could find them.  But I can't imagine instructing our
>patrons
> > to do so.
> >
> > I understand that printing is one of the thorniest problems for Java, but
> > for e-reserves it's essential.  Has anyone else had success in getting
> > Media Viewer to print to a local printer from a current browser?  Will the
> > Phase 3 upgrade help?
> >
> >
> > Stephen Wynn
> > swynn@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Cataloger
> > Truman State University
> > Kirksville, MO
> >
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Stephen Wynn
swynn@xxxxxxxxxx
Cataloger
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO