[thelist] Interesting printing 'features'

[Burhan Khalid]

[ snip ]
At 09:49 AM 3/21/02 -0800, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:jay.blanchard at niicommunications.com]
> >
> > Now, I do know that you can go into most browser's Page Setup
> > function and remove the Header & Footer information, but is
> > there a way, either using PHP, or CSS to programmatically set
> > this up on a page by page basis so that the user does not have
> > to change preferences?

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IF you stick with IE, there is a way to customize the print template so
that you can include your own headers/footers. Relevant documentation :

1. Beyond Print Preview: Print Customization for Internet Explorer 5.5
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnie55/html/beyondprintpreview.asp
Summary: This article explains how to write a print template, what you need
to do to use the print template you've written, and some ideas and
applications that can exploit print templates.
Category = MSDN - library


2. Print Preview 2: The Continuing Adventures of Internet Explorer 5.5
Print Customization
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnie55/html/printtemplate2.asp
Summary: This article discusses the important topic of the user interface
for a print preview window.
Category = MSDN - library


3. IDM_PRINT Command ID
http:// msdn.microsoft.com / workshop / browser / mshtml / reference /
constants / idm_print.asp
Summary: Prints the current document using either the default print
template or a custom print template.
Category = MSDN - workshop


4. Scripting Support for Web Page Printing
http:// msdn.microsoft.com / library / en-us / dnscrpt / html / dhtmlprint.asp
Summary: This article covers the ways in which you can implement printing
support for your HTML pages viewed using Internet Explorer version 4.0 and
later and DHTML.
Category = MSDN - library


Hoping this helps,
Burhan Khalid