Thanks a bunch for all the responses. I'm going to see if i can get it working w/ CSS/CSS2 but if not i will try the pdf aproach.
Thanks again! (: On 6/13/05, Bill Conlon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This should be entirely feasible using CSS2. We built a > print-on-demand system in 2003 that was linked to a content-management > system. Consider using the CSS media specifications for print and > screen (You could have a 300dpi image for printing, but a 72 dpi for > display in the browser). Some old browsers (IE5, Netscape 4-6) will > not support this, but IE6, Safari and Firefox will work. > > Some things to look out for: > * background images. You need to tell users to turn on > background-image printing if you use these. I'm not sure that Mac > Firefox can print background images. > * page setup for printing. Although you can use > javascript:window.print() to emulate hitting the print button, you > won't be able to script the page setup (except on security-compromised > platforms such as Windows). A user will have to choose the page setup > (orientation, etc.); the same should apply to pdf. > > bill > > On Monday, June 13, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Alan Wolfe wrote: > > > Hey everyone, > > > > Is it feasible to print out envelopes from a web page? > > > > What we are looking to do is something like have the user select a > > vendor, checkmarks and address then hits ok and make it so they can > > print out an envelope addressed to the chosen vendor. > > > > I have researched doing landscape mode with CSS but there wasnt any > > browser support for it as far as i could find. > > > > Does anyone know of any technique to make this happen? (: > > > > Alan > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > _ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
