Thanks John... I think you're right. I was aiming to have no img tags in the markup, but it looks like I'll have to here. I don't want users to have to adjust their printer settings in order to print, and I certainly wouldn't try to force someone to print images they may not want. Thanks for the help!
- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John D Wells > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 1:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] Print Preview Image Discrepancy > > > Bob-- > From what I understand, you cannot control how a browser prints a > document (background printing, center a document, etc) > without using an > active-x or other plug-in. So my guess is that you're stuck using an > img tag, but this isn't such a bad thing in your case, because the > image is really part of your page's content, isn't it? So it > would make > sense to place it within your semantic html. And then perhaps in your > print.css you can resize the image to a smaller dimension. I haven't > tested this, but it sounds like a good idea from here. . . > > HTH, > John > > > > On Feb 20, 2005, at 12:04 PM, Robert D. Heaney wrote: > > > So, no thoughts on this? I'm grasping at straws lately with this. I > > know > > it's something stupid I'm just not seeing... Any opinions? > > > > I'm new to this list, and I got not one reply. Did I violate some > > ettiquette? I hope not, and certainly didn't intend to. I > gave a link, > > explained carefully. Did I miss something? TIA... > > > > - Bob > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Behalf Of Robert D. Heaney > >> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 11:56 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [WSG] Print Preview Image Discrepancy > >> > >> > >> Hello WSG: > >> > >> I wrote a separate print.css for this page: > >> http://www.watchhilldesign.com/92/ so I could turn off items that > >> aren't needed in the printout, etc. And I'm using a > smaller image for > >> the printout as well (using a background for a div). All > looks good > >> in the print preview, but when I actually print, the image is very > >> small. > >> > >> Also, is there a way around having to tell the browser to print > >> background images and still use a background image? Sounds like a > >> silly question when I put it that way, but I was trying to avoide > >> using an img tag. Is there technique for this? TIA! > >> > >> - Robert > >> > >> ****************************************************** > >> 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 > > ****************************************************** > > > > > > > > ****************************************************** > 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 ******************************************************
