RE: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
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Re: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
John said: "What would you do? Make a huge image then force-shrink it using the code to an implicit 300 DPI or so? Exactly what I've regarded as a cardinal sin all these years?" http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.ie/print_high_resolution_images.htm I've used both of these. They work tolerably well. I haven't come up with a cross-browser technique that combines the compatibility of the first with the second technique's ability to download just the image you need. -- Ben Curtis WebSciences International http://www.websciences.org/ v: (310) 478-6648 f: (310) 235-2067 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
Unfortunately the machines our test lab aren't hooked up to a printer, but it worked fine in IE6 and Firefox (PC). Jake Quoting Matthew Cruickshank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >That's what we do at DEWR for our minister's press releases. It seems to > work > >well enough, I'm not sure if it's semantically correct, but hey it works. > > > > > Any idea of the browser support? > > > > .Matthew Cruickshank > http://holloway.co.nz/ > ** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ** > > ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
> -Original Message- > From: Website Direction Ltd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 14 December 2004 10:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly? > > > John said: > "What would you do? Make a huge image then force-shrink it using the > code to an implicit 300 DPI or so? Exactly what I've regarded as a > cardinal sin all these years?" > > Can you serve the image as a background image from the style > sheet, then you > can have the print sheet serving the large image and the screen sheet > serving a 72dpi version? Would be a great way of doing it, but not all browsers print background images. You would have to rely on the user having the right browser with the right setting. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
No, what happens is that the larger version will print larger (in dimensions) rather than at a higher resolution. The only solution I found was to have the image at a high resolution then scale it down using the html width and height attributes on the image tag. Of course that means that everyone who loads the image will have to download the print resolution image, but in our case at least it was just a 1bit B&W gif so it wasn't all that big. Jake Quoting Website Direction Ltd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > John said: > "What would you do? Make a huge image then force-shrink it using the > code to an implicit 300 DPI or so? Exactly what I've regarded as a > cardinal sin all these years?" > > Can you serve the image as a background image from the style sheet, then you > can have the print sheet serving the large image and the screen sheet > serving a 72dpi version? > > Aaron > > ** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ** > > ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's what we do at DEWR for our minister's press releases. It seems to work well enough, I'm not sure if it's semantically correct, but hey it works. Any idea of the browser support? .Matthew Cruickshank http://holloway.co.nz/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
RE: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
John said: "What would you do? Make a huge image then force-shrink it using the code to an implicit 300 DPI or so? Exactly what I've regarded as a cardinal sin all these years?" Can you serve the image as a background image from the style sheet, then you can have the print sheet serving the large image and the screen sheet serving a 72dpi version? Aaron ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
That's what we do at DEWR for our minister's press releases. It seems to work well enough, I'm not sure if it's semantically correct, but hey it works. J Quoting John Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Something came up that I hope you won't mind my asking on this list. > > I've got a database with a web interface, and one of the things I > want to do with the content is print letters to send by physical mail. > > So for the first time in my life I want to put an image into an HTML > document with greater-than-72-DPI resolution. > > I want to do that so that it prints out at decent quality on a laser printer. > > What would you do? Make a huge image then force-shrink it using the > code to an implicit 300 DPI or so? Exactly what I've regarded as a > cardinal sin all these years? > > "Have You Validated Your Code?" > John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 > Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ > > > ** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ** > > ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
Re: [WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:32:37 +1100, John Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <...> > So for the first time in my life I want to put an image into an HTML > document with greater-than-72-DPI resolution. In html DPI doesn't matter - only dimension in pixels do. DPI is for print, but, alas - not from the browsers. Browsers try to reproduce on paper what you see on screen, so they will use suitable DPI, not the one specified in file. The only hope is that they behave differently for the print stylesheets, but this requires testing. Some related reading: http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/ajs_ppi.html Regards, Rimantas ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
[WSG] Somewhat OT - VERY print friendly?
Something came up that I hope you won't mind my asking on this list. I've got a database with a web interface, and one of the things I want to do with the content is print letters to send by physical mail. So for the first time in my life I want to put an image into an HTML document with greater-than-72-DPI resolution. I want to do that so that it prints out at decent quality on a laser printer. What would you do? Make a huge image then force-shrink it using the code to an implicit 300 DPI or so? Exactly what I've regarded as a cardinal sin all these years? "Have You Validated Your Code?" John Horner(+612 / 02) 9333 3488 Senior Developer, ABC Online http://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help **
