ShoelessNet — Sun, 02 Feb 2003 22:55:22 +0000

Yep, agreed. Check out http://www.plusp.com for example - by using a print stylesheet when you print you get black text, none of the site design, and an extra bit of info at the end about where the stuff came from. I find print stylesheets to be much nicer than a separate "print page" link.

Suzanne — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 19:01:45 +0000

Sounds like it, yes.

critical — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 18:06:36 +0000

Wow - thank you - I found an article there that directly addresses this question, at: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/goingtoprint/

But now it seems as if I'll need to change the way I create my tables. I've always used the old fashioned method of:

But now it seems that I'll need to declare the table width in a style sheet so that a separate "print" style sheet can change the width when printing. Do you agree that I'll have to do that?

TIA

Suzanne — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 17:01:58 +0000

Use fluid tables instead of fixed with (or use CSS positioning), then set a print stylesheet.

alistapart.com has more information on this.

It works with tables if you set the fixed width in the CSS, as well, so you can change the width to relative in the print style sheet.