--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxPangoFonts.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxPangoFonts.cpp
@@ -94,16 +94,18 @@
 #endif
 #ifndef PANGO_GLYPH_EMPTY
 #define PANGO_GLYPH_EMPTY           ((PangoGlyph)0)
 #endif
 // For g a PangoGlyph,
 #define IS_MISSING_GLYPH(g) ((g) & PANGO_GLYPH_UNKNOWN_FLAG)
 #define IS_EMPTY_GLYPH(g) ((g) == PANGO_GLYPH_EMPTY)
 
+#define PRINTING_FC_PROPERTY "gfx.printing"
+
 class gfxPangoFcFont;
 
 // Same as pango_units_from_double from Pango 1.16 (but not in older versions)
 int moz_pango_units_from_double(double d) {
     return NS_lround(d * FLOAT_PANGO_SCALE);
 }
 
 static PangoLanguage *GuessPangoLanguage(nsIAtom *aLanguage);
@@ -1675,16 +1677,17 @@ PrepareSortPattern(FcPattern *aPattern, 
     // options for non-GTK X11 toolkits, but less efficient than using GDK to
     // pick up dynamic changes.
     if(aIsPrinterFont) {
        cairo_font_options_t *options = cairo_font_options_create();
        cairo_font_options_set_hint_style (options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
        cairo_font_options_set_antialias (options, CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_GRAY);
        cairo_ft_font_options_substitute(options, aPattern);
        cairo_font_options_destroy(options);
+       FcPatternAddBool(aPattern, PRINTING_FC_PROPERTY, FcTrue);
     } else {
 #ifdef MOZ_GFX_OPTIMIZE_MOBILE
        cairo_font_options_t *options = cairo_font_options_create();
        cairo_font_options_set_hint_style(options, CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
        cairo_ft_font_options_substitute(options, aPattern);
        cairo_font_options_destroy(options);
 #endif
 #ifdef MOZ_WIDGET_GTK2
@@ -2425,16 +2428,21 @@ CreateScaledFont(FcPattern *aPattern, ca
     cairo_matrix_t fontMatrix;
     FcMatrix *fcMatrix;
     if (FcPatternGetMatrix(aPattern, FC_MATRIX, 0, &fcMatrix) == FcResultMatch)
         cairo_matrix_init(&fontMatrix, fcMatrix->xx, -fcMatrix->yx, -fcMatrix->xy, fcMatrix->yy, 0, 0);
     else
         cairo_matrix_init_identity(&fontMatrix);
     cairo_matrix_scale(&fontMatrix, size, size);
 
+    FcBool printing;
+    if (FcPatternGetBool(aPattern, PRINTING_FC_PROPERTY, 0, &printing) != FcResultMatch) {
+        printing = FcFalse;
+    }
+
     // The cairo_scaled_font is created with a unit ctm so that metrics and
     // positions are in user space, but this means that hinting effects will
     // not be estimated accurately for non-unit transformations.
     cairo_matrix_t identityMatrix;
     cairo_matrix_init_identity(&identityMatrix);
 
     // Font options are set explicitly here to improve cairo's caching
     // behavior and to record the relevant parts of the pattern for
@@ -2470,17 +2478,21 @@ CreateScaledFont(FcPattern *aPattern, ca
     // affect glyph metrics.  The default behaves as CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_ON.
     // We should be considering the font_options of the surface on which this
     // font will be used, but currently we don't have different gfxFonts for
     // different surface font_options, so we'll create a font suitable for the
     // Screen. Image and xlib surfaces default to CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_ON.
 #ifdef MOZ_GFX_OPTIMIZE_MOBILE
     cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics(fontOptions, CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF);
 #else
-    cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics(fontOptions, CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_ON);
+    if (printing) {
+        cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics(fontOptions, CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_OFF);
+    } else {
+        cairo_font_options_set_hint_metrics(fontOptions, CAIRO_HINT_METRICS_ON);
+    }
 #endif
 
     // The remaining options have been recorded on the pattern and the face.
     // _cairo_ft_options_merge has some logic to decide which options from the
     // scaled_font or from the cairo_ft_font_face take priority in the way the
     // font behaves.
     //
     // In the majority of cases, _cairo_ft_options_merge uses the options from
@@ -2502,17 +2514,17 @@ CreateScaledFont(FcPattern *aPattern, ca
     // Fallback values here mirror treatment of defaults in cairo-ft-font.c.
     FcBool hinting = FcFalse;
 #ifndef MOZ_GFX_OPTIMIZE_MOBILE
     if (FcPatternGetBool(aPattern, FC_HINTING, 0, &hinting) != FcResultMatch) {
         hinting = FcTrue;
     }
 #endif
     cairo_hint_style_t hint_style;
-    if (!hinting) {
+    if (printing || !hinting) {
         hint_style = CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE;
     } else {
 #ifdef FC_HINT_STYLE  // FC_HINT_STYLE is available from fontconfig 2.2.91.
         int fc_hintstyle;
         if (FcPatternGetInteger(aPattern, FC_HINT_STYLE,
                                 0, &fc_hintstyle        ) != FcResultMatch) {
             fc_hintstyle = FC_HINT_FULL;
         }