On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 13:16 +0100, Stephen Francis Johnson wrote: > Thank you all for your posative comments. My client has a problem with > the print output of this page. He would ideally like it to print exactly > as it does on the screen. He is rather adamant about this. What are your > thoughts on this? Is there a way to satisfy this clients demands? i.e. > force the browser to print background elements? If not, what would you > advise a client in this situation? The url again: > > http://www.townguidebooks.bkecreative.co.uk/
It's "possible", but printing of background images is a user-side setting in most browsers (except for a bug of Opera 7's, that automatically used the screen style even when a different print background style was explicitly set, if I recall correctly?), and hence it is impossible for you to ensure this behaviour: I believe Internet Explorer defaults to not printing background images. My advice would be to try and show your client PagesThatSuck(tm) when printed (as a result of table-based layouts, or whatever else) -- specifically, text cutting off at page margins, illegibility, etc. Ultimately, however, it's the client's site: we can go so far with education, but if they aren't willing to listen then it becomes their own fault. Worst case scenario would be adding a "printable version" link to pages and... *shudders* Hi. Seriously, though: is it an issue of branding, or a print-world mindset? Surely if it's a branding thing it should be possible to reach a compromise -- print style sheet shouldn't translate as "devoid of all style", one would hope. Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 Multimedia Development Agency ________________________________________________________________________ E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the sender’s consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
