Opera also has an option for forcing the page to use your CSS, which means you could strip all of the formatting out.
WMM On 7/13/05, Josh Vickery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Printing web pages reminds me of the days when websites only worked in > one browser. I've only found one solution that seems to work for most > pages, and that is to modify the CSS, usually just removing it. On > pages that I control, this is not a problem (at > http://vickeryj.freeshell.org/resume.html see the inline css that > starts with @media print {) for others pages I rely on the > mozilla-firefox web developer extension to edit the CSS on the fly > (usually just add media="screen"). This is not the best solution, but > until all web developers start thinking about print media as well as > screen, its the best I've found. > > Josh > > On 7/13/05, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I can't seem to win for losing on this one. Does anyone out there > > have a no-problems printing solution when it comes to printing from the > > web? I have three web browsers to choose from, and all of them have > > their own unique problems.. Here's the skinny, and perhaps someone can > > say, "Hey, I know how to make browser ___ stop doing ____".. > > > > NB: In the following descriptions, I use the word "image" to mean the > > logical print layout, and not to mean a graphic image file. > > > > Opera - Used for 99% of browsing. > > Opera's printing problem: Scaling. > > At 100%, the image is too large for the page. Lower scaling factors > > appear to be applied twice; 80% appears to first shrink the page layout > > to where it fits the page, then shrinks the entire page image to where > > the printed page image takes only 80% of the paper. > > > > Galeon - System default browser > > Galeon's printing problem: Landscape > > Galeon lays out the printed page correctly without the scaling problem > > that Opera exhibits. However, Galeon's landscape option results in the > > page image turning landscape, but still being laid on the paper in > > portrait orientation (as if you printed a landscape page and viewed it > > through a portrait orientation window). > > > > Mozilla - Almost never used. > > Moz's printing problem: No Landscape option whatsoever. > > > > None of these weirdnesses appear to be printer-related; each manifests > > exactly the same way regardless of what printer I use, or if I print to > > a file. CUPS is my backend. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions to fix any of the aforementioned problems? > > Or suggestions of other browsers to try? > > > > Thanks a bunch; see some of you tomorrow. > > > > ~Brian > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- http://warrenmyers.com "God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers." --Paul Erdős
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