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javascript thread: Printing Problem. Please help!


Message #1 by jeffg22@a... on Wed, 16 May 2001 23:48:44
Thanks for staying with me on this, Gary.  I appreciate your time.

I have no problem with printing single images so they fit onto a printed 
page.  But I need to insert a page break between images so that a single 
print operation can print multiple images, one-per-page.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.  Thanks again.

- Jeff


> Jeff:
> 
> The width of the "screen" of the printer is directly proportional to its
> height.  If you use the auto sizing and design (by trial and error) the 
page
> so that it prints correctly on one printer, it should print correctly on
> most of them.  That is not to say that it is not a pain, designing the 
page,
> but if you create an image, the size that just fits on the printer, then 
load
> it into your browser and adjust the browser till it is just ever so 
slightly
> larger (so the scroll bars just barely disappear on the screen) than the 
image,
> you can flip to the test page and see if it turns on the scrollbars.  If 
it does,
> the page will be modified by the printer and possible break images..  
I'll try
> to take a look at this later this week, and see if I can modify my 
script so
> that it will work for you.  Good Luck
> 
> Gary
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jeffg22@a... [mailto:jeffg22@a...]
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 3:51 PM
> To: javascript
> Subject: [javascript] RE: Printing Problem. Please help!
> 
> 
> > Jeff:
> >
> > The thing to realize is that currently, the printer appears as
> > a 640 pixel screen.  Thus, if you adapt the sizes and by trial and 
error
> > adjust your page, it should work every time on the printer.  I'll have 
to
> > get back to the Ninnescape Nastigator
> > problems.  I realy don't even know if the code still dosn't
> > work with NN-4 or 6. (To be fair, 6 is a major improvement,
> > but allas, mot that use NN also do not upgrade.  AAAAAAAAAA!
> >
> > Gary W. Sherwin, Webmaster
> > Plants_and_Fungi Guide
> > http://members.nbci.com/sherwingws/Plants_and_Fungi/
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks for your guidance, Gary -
> 
> I don't really have a problem with the width of the images; my issue is
> with the length.  The length will vary with each image, but will be less
> than the size of a sheet of paper.  My problem is how can I get each 
image
> to start at the top of a page rather than multiple images/page, or, 
worse,
> having images cut in half by the page break.
> 
> I have tried inserting a transparent filler image (size set by 
computation
> based on principal image size).  I have gotten it to work perfectly on my
> printer, and then verified that images are cut in half on another printer
> (same printer mfr - HP).  I'm guessing that printer drivers have a role 
in
> this problem, and, of course, I have no control over the users' drivers.
> 
> Hence I was looking for a coded/scripted 'page break' function for a 
print
> operation, or something similar.
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> 

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