On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 5:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I have just completed moving a site into blueprint, and tried printing
> the page. My impression is that blueprint doesn't actually print the
> grid as it appears on the web page.

Your impression is correct! The Blueprint grid depends on floats, and
it depends on a common screen resolution. Neither of these translate
very well to printers. In order to make printing functional, the
Blueprint print.css does not contain any grid formatting. Instead,
everything becomes vertical so it can flow down the page.

If you want your grid structure preserved on the printed page, you are
going to have to use custom print rules. But let me warn you in
advance: it's damn hard. You can't rely on pixels because printers
don't work that way, you will have to size things in points (pt) and
you cannot assume that what comes out of your printer will resemble
what comes out of another printer.

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Christian Montoya
christianmontoya.net

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