Bj & Rudy, Thanks for your responses. I had used a "print" style sheet already but I still couldn't get it to fit the page... Then I was messing around with it tonight & went into the settings of the printer and reduced the left & right borders to the minimal allowed and it fits!! what a relief. As i mentioned I thought I'd have to redo the layout and shave 25px approx. off the width of the layout just for printing. The client wants to be able to print off pages from the site & send them out to clients... don't ask me why but they do :o) so a story with a happy ending - makes a change!
thanks again, jac. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bj > Sent: 26 December 2003 19:12 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: Fit webpage to print > > > Normally I wouldn't try and answer this one but it's just > possible responses > will be a little thin on the ground.... so, just so you get *some* > response... > > First, usual bad news disclaimer, you have no *certain* way > to control how > any page will print out on someone else's printer as you have > no way to know > or control what printer they are using, how they have it set up, what > browser they are using and how it represents a page when > printing it, or > even how they have set up their preferences - I use "Page Setup" in my > browser to print to A4 Landscape and so for me, your page > will fit fine.... > > Slightly better news: with CSS you should be able to make > your page print > differently from how it displays, but not in every browser, > still try this > Evolt article: > http://www.evolt.org/article/Kissing_Print_Versions_of_Pages_Goodbye/20/ 2222 5/&e=912 As that page says, what most people do is just have a button for "Printer friendly page" and have an alternate page where the layout flows nicely for printing. I would trust that more than CSS but that's just me :o) Oh and - holiday? there's a holiday? (Kidding - I am full of turkey and chocolates, what could be better!) Bj ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
