XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 2/23/2026 11:16 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   >   
   > If WYSIWYG graphical interface can let you see/predict the printed   
   > result before printing something, why do we still see the Print Preview   
   function? :)   
      
   The view of your DTP software, is virtual in a sense.   
   Important details about how it prints can be missing.   
      
   Similarly, the Print Preview may not capture all of the things   
   wrong with your print settings. Prints in the past (due to printer   
   language issues and .ppd info), showed up squashed into a one inch   
   square on the paper, and the Print Preview could not capture   
   a failure in the print chain.   
      
   The views are "illustrative" but not perfect by any means.   
   The operator still has to check various settings, margins   
   and gutters, scale to fit, to help predict just how   
   bad it will look, and whether yet another sheet of   
   paper has been wasted.   
      
   If all these views worked, you would never waste any paper.   
      
      Paul   
      
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