Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window

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2001


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texte = I do lots of printing with WebCat supplying the data. I can tell you from experience that you'll usually have problems printing from the browser.Different systems have different installed fonts, browsers have different settings and users set different font sizes themselves. Rarely can you depend on your page being printed consistently.I have used Flash, integrated with WebCat, extensively. It can exchange data with WebCat and gives you an environment with precise control over display and printable documents. You can embed fonts which eliminates that problem.I don't mean to do a big Flash pitch, but the benefits make learning yet another syntax almost bearable.Pat> bugger! ... and I spent all that money getting paper made with holes in the > right places so that it wouldn't print on it. > > Surley if it is a setting in IE you must be able to turn it off with java > script. > > application.window.document.headerandfooter.dont(frickenprint)[-1].okay; > > Something like that??? > > on 31/10/01 9:03 AM, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz wrote: > >> Webcat is not putting the url and date there - that is being generated by IE >> .. On the mac versions of IE you can un tick a check box that says 'Print >> Headers and Footers' >> >> Have a look on your version of IE - it is in the same place that lets you >> turn on/off printing the background from memory .. >> >> Alain >> >>> Webcat 3 on NT with IIS....any version of MSIE...not sure which version you >>> need. =) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On >>> Behalf Of Alain Russell >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:57 PM >>> To: WebCatalog Talk >>> Subject: Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window >>> >>> >>> You can turn this off in the mac version .. Which version are you using ?? >>> >>>> I am working on a Resume Builder >>>> >>>> With or without WebCat, is there a way to print a page from MSIE that does >>>> NOT include the URL and date at the bottom when printed.... >>>> >>>> Do I need to resort to a .pdf file instead? If so, where do I get started >>>> on that information...can't find it in the docs. >>>> >>>> Printing from MSIE looks great, with the above exception. >>>> >>>> Thanks so much!! >>>> Kim >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but >>> in >>>> having new eyes. >>>> --Marcel Proust >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>>> >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window (Pat McCormick 2001)
  2. Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window (Andrew Simpson 2001)
  3. Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window (Alain Russell 2001)
  4. Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window (Kimberly Ingram 2001)
  5. Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window (Alain Russell 2001)
  6. Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window (Kimberly Ingram 2001)
I do lots of printing with WebCat supplying the data. I can tell you from experience that you'll usually have problems printing from the browser.Different systems have different installed fonts, browsers have different settings and users set different font sizes themselves. Rarely can you depend on your page being printed consistently.I have used Flash, integrated with WebCat, extensively. It can exchange data with WebCat and gives you an environment with precise control over display and printable documents. You can embed fonts which eliminates that problem.I don't mean to do a big Flash pitch, but the benefits make learning yet another syntax almost bearable.Pat> bugger! ... and I spent all that money getting paper made with holes in the > right places so that it wouldn't print on it. > > Surley if it is a setting in IE you must be able to turn it off with java > script. > > application.window.document.headerandfooter.dont(frickenprint)[-1].okay; > > Something like that??? > > on 31/10/01 9:03 AM, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz wrote: > >> Webcat is not putting the url and date there - that is being generated by IE >> .. On the mac versions of IE you can un tick a check box that says 'Print >> Headers and Footers' >> >> Have a look on your version of IE - it is in the same place that lets you >> turn on/off printing the background from memory .. >> >> Alain >> >>> Webcat 3 on NT with IIS....any version of MSIE...not sure which version you >>> need. =) >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: WebCatalog Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On >>> Behalf Of Alain Russell >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:57 PM >>> To: WebCatalog Talk >>> Subject: Re: Sorta OT: Printing From Browser Window >>> >>> >>> You can turn this off in the mac version .. Which version are you using ?? >>> >>>> I am working on a Resume Builder >>>> >>>> With or without WebCat, is there a way to print a page from MSIE that does >>>> NOT include the URL and date at the bottom when printed.... >>>> >>>> Do I need to resort to a .pdf file instead? If so, where do I get started >>>> on that information...can't find it in the docs. >>>> >>>> Printing from MSIE looks great, with the above exception. >>>> >>>> Thanks so much!! >>>> Kim >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but >>> in >>>> having new eyes. >>>> --Marcel Proust >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>>> >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Pat McCormick

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