Gregory Youngblood wrote:
I've seen several sites that have "printer friendly" output. Usually they
create a separate web page, remove the menu options and other "stuff" from
right and left sides, and put the heading. You might play around to find the
right "width" to display properly for most printers, but it should be
possible. You could use a single cell table to specify width or you could
use no table structure at all and rely on the browser to "wrap" accordingly
for printing. I'd go with the former.
Your not deliverying a PDF, your not going under the extra load of the
conversion process. And, if your using a templating system to generate
pages, the "printer friendly" page could simply be a template setup for
printing. When the person clicks on the printer friendly page, that template
could be used to display the content instead of the regular template for
that page. It all depends on how your site is laid out.
I think it makes more sense in this manner than the PDF conversion, unless
of course you really want PDF as the output.
Just another thought for your consideration.
Yes, your milage may vary. If you are NOT generating PDF, match out for
printing differences. XHTML usually prints nicer than HTML. However, if
you serve content for visitors from different countries, and/or you want
to print out multiple pages, the A4 / Letter size difference will give
you some headaches.
Regards,
- Csongor
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