Re: [WSG] Designing for printing

2005-08-30 Thread Kenny Graham 
 Should I be trying to accommodate A5 printouts, or smaller
printouts than the norm, and if so in what way?

Ideally, yes, and by not using fixed widths. Otherwise, no, because it'd be way too much work. :-P

RE: [WSG] Designing for printing

2005-08-30 Thread Scott Swabey - Lafinboy Productions 
 Stevio wrote
 How far do you go with designing for printing?

Is there a particular reason that you are allowing printing of the
navigation elements? Unless they add value to the printed page they can all
be hidden using a print media style sheet.

As for users printing on A5, unless you have specific knowledge that that is
the size your users _will_ be printing at then I see no need to prepare for
anything other than the _standard_ A4/letter sheet sizes.

Regards

Scott Swabey
Lafinboy Productions
www.lafinboy.com


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[WSG] Designing for printing

2005-08-30 Thread Stevio 

How far do you go with designing for printing? I usually make sure my pages
print ok on A4 (210mm by 297mm). For the web site I'm currently working on,
I will make some adjustments using a print stylesheet to ensure this works
ok.

My web site is basically a two column design with the navigation column
floated to the left.

However, if the user decides to print onto A5, which is only 148 x 210mm,
then the right side main content div will jump down below the left hand
float because of the width (it includes images), and the print out will look
really strange. Should I be trying to accommodate A5 printouts, or smaller
printouts than the norm, and if so in what way?

Stephen



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