How do I change the font size when printing from Eclipse?

Question

Sometimes I'd like to print my code and read it during lunch. In Eclipse I'm using 10pt Helvetica font, but printing at this size is a waste of paper I think. I changed to font size 6pt, and the print was perfect; fully readable and paper saving.

However, coding in 6pt font is very hard and stressing for my eyes, so I cannot keep the setting. Also, changing font size everytime I print is a pain.

Is there a way to keep 10pt for my editor AND have the printer run at 6pt, at the same time?

Solution 1

The mismatch of screen font size with printed font size is supposed to be fixed in Eclipse version 3.7 (Indigo). Perhaps you need a newer version of eclipse.

Solution 2

I ended up changing the paper size to A5 and printing to PDF, then printing the PDF to A4.

Solution 3

The best workaround I've found is to copy-and-paste the entire program into a text editor where one can tweak the page/font settings (I use gedit) and print from there. A pain, but less so than changing the font size within Eclipse.

Solution 4

I tried scaling printout to 50-75% and it works for me also: Large font on screen but small font to fit all in less amount of paper

Solution 5

This question was awhile back but I found a work-around to the original question posted. When I select File-Print then a Print menu options comes up (every print menu options is different depending on the OS. This is on a Macbook) I scaled the size of the printing down. Works great to read and more importantly, save trees!:-) Scaling the printing of source code

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Comments

[Scorpion]

how about doing it using priniting preferences?

[bos]

Do you mean the preferences under File->Print->Preferences? I can't find anything of relevance in there.

[Returning to Coding]

It doesn't appear that anyone has answered this question. Am I wrong? Is it possible to keep 10pt in editor and print 6pt font. I'm using Indigo 4.2 version for the Mac.Still doesn't appear possible.

[trevorkavanaugh]

This question would be so useful if there was a legit answer :( Seems like we are stuck going back and forth between font sizes.

[bos]

Thanks for the answer, but that's not what I'm looking for. (See the last sentence of the second paragraph in my post)

[hradac]

I am sorry I did not completely answer your question but this is the best solution I could come up with. I found quite a few bug reports to Eclipse about this very problem so I hope that gets fixed. Perhaps someone else has the solution?

[matbrgz]

Is this not another issue, namely that there is a print scaling problem with GTK and not that the print font is the same as the screen font?

[abarisone]

Could you please elaborate more your answer adding a little more description about the solution you provide?

[Stefan Bormann]

What "command line" do you mean? If command line arguments when starting eclipse is meant, this does not work with Luna on windows.