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Mathematics Metaprinting pages from m.s.e.
[+3] [3] Michael Hardy
[2012-11-17 20:20:34]
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I went to a question on this m.s.e. and printed it, expecting to see the page as it had appeared in the browser window. But the mathematical notation appears in the printed copy as unrendered TeX code. Is this normal? Can something be done about it?

What browser and operating system? Does it look OK in the "print preview" option (if you have one)? - user856
(5) I guess you know that there exists StackPrinter, see e.g. this question. It gives, in my opinion, somewhat better results then printing out directly the question from the browser. (Of course, this is only tangential to your question, it does not answer why TeX-code was not rendered.) - Martin Sleziak
[+2] [2012-11-18 01:44:28] Will Jagy

For what it's worth, I have a Linux system and there is a command called import. This is done from a terminal window, I type in import filename.jpg as a command, at that point the usual mouse arrow now appears as peculiar crosshairs. I then click on the web browser, which is just Firefox. The result is the creation of a jpeg called filename.jpg in the directory from which i called the import command. Perhaps other types of machine have such a screen capture available.

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(1) The import command is part of the ImageMagick suite of image editing software. Basically it just performs a screen capture. On Windows the same effect can be achieved by hitting the PrtScn key and pasting the result into an image editing software. - Willie Wong
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