- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:22:52 -0700
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:17 AM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: > On 08/11/2011 08:36 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> >> It's the color-adjustment that really clinches the fact that we can't >> solve this solely by fiddling with 'background'. This really is a >> separate control with unique behavior, and has to be addressed with >> its own property (or some other entity, like an @-rule). I still >> suggest: >> >> printer-safe-colors: _prefer_ | avoid; >> >> The "prefer" value biases the UA toward suppressing backgrounds and >> adjusting text colors so as to save ink. The "avoid" value biases the >> UA against that. The user still has the ultimate choice; this is just >> a suggestion, moreso than most other properties. > > I think 'auto' would be a better alternative option than 'avoid', since > the user can set backgrounds to print, and very well might for certain > "printers", e.g. print-to-PDF. I think you mean that "prefer" should be "auto", then. "printer-safe-colors:avoid" will bias the UA toward printing backgrounds. ~TJ
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