[thelist] [Fwd: -> creating a *special* print css file]

[David Siedband]

Something to remember in print style sheets is that printers are going 
to default to different dpi settings.  It sounds like your printer is 
set to a high default resolution.

Trying losing the percentages in the background position declaration 
and use em's instead.

For declaring width, I'd recommend using ems, percentages or width:auto;

For print you'll want to set your font size to in points instead of 
pixels.

Also you don't need to specify 0pt or 0px, you can just declare o.

here's a good reference on this subject
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/

HTH
--
David Siedband
generation-xml.com


On Dec 4, 2004, at 8:49 AM, Alex Beston wrote:

> #content{
>   width: 700px;
>           background-image: url(images/background.gif);
>   background-repeat:no-repeat;
>   background-position:  0%   0%;
>       height: 440px;
>   margin: 0 0px 0 0px;
>     font-size: 12px;
>   color: #333;
>    }
>
> // this one is really bad. its so small!
>
> im trying to create a media="print" file so that the printer knows how 
> to make the right sized images. currently it prints out minature 
> versions of the original.
>
> any ideas greatly appreciated.