in my experience, this is not the case: you must have a very empathic
printer
i set up fixed widths of 500 (to make sure that it prints on a4 - the format
most used outside the us of a) and i don't center pages that are for print

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> Sent: donderdag 9 juli 1998 2:29
> To:   Web Consultants List
> Subject:      WC:>: Print wrap
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> Anyone know:
> 
> If I setup a page specifically for being printed (just black and white
> text)
> and put it in a table set at 100% width, will all browsers/printer
> combinations automatically wrap the lines at the printable area limit for
> the printer connected to the users system? Or do I have to put the text
> all
> in a fixed width table to ensure that a wide browser setting won't
> interfere
> with print wrapping? I'm trying to cram a bunch of text on a single
> printed
> page and want to use as much of the paper real estate as possible.
> 
> My own tests in MSIE 4 and NS 4 show that the text wraps at the edge of
> the
> printer's printable area, which is what I'm hoping is the general
> consensus.
> 
> TIA,
> Jack
> 
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