On 2010/10/06 14:47 (GMT+0100) Dave Howorth composed:
Does anybody else have problems printing some sites, especially blogs?
I'm talking about sites where it usually turns out that people have used CSS commands like position:absolute or various overlap settings that cause Firefox to print the first page and then run the rest of the text of the bottom of the page. There are usually some blank pages involved as well.
It's been a nuisance occasionally but it's getting worse. It seems that some of the major blog sites have this problem, which makes it apply to a lot more things I want to print. It also applies to google translate output.
Anybody have a workaround?
The problem is not unique to Firefox. The power of CSS is extensive. Incompetence in using it abounds. Most blog authors give no thought that anyone might care to print. Sites more than nominally styled with CSS need either a print this page link and/or a separate print stylesheet, but usually this is overlooked or (often to preserve site branding) ignored. I find what works passably is a separate browser or profile with settings conformed to what web authors assume users use, loading pages to print there, taking screenshots of the pages to be printed, then trimming the browser chrome and printing the screenshots via image editor instead of printing the browser pages directly. This works best if either your screen resolution is considerably higher than 1024x768, or you have virtual desktop/panning enabled, so that the browser viewport can be big enough to hold the equivalent of a whole sheet of paper before taking each screenshot. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org