Understanding the Differences in the ODS Printer Style

The Printer family of styles includes PS (PostScript), Printer, PCL (Printer Control Language) and PDF (Portable Document Format). The previous examples created mostly HTML output. The most obvious differences in the output created by the default style for the HTML destination and for the PDF destination are the colors and fonts. Figure 14.35 contrasts PDF and HTML output.

When ODS sends output to a Printer family destination using the default style, it sets attributes that make the output easy to read on the printed page. The Printer default style has a black, gray, and white color scheme, and ODS writes the text in serif fonts. Output sent to the HTML destination using the default style, ...

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