Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content

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From	Mike S <mscir@yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content
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On 4/6/2016 2:41 AM, Teodor V. wrote:
> On 2016-04-06 09:00, Mike S wrote:
>> On 4/5/2016 7:33 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>> Mike S <mscir@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>> Iow can I ignore everything but the content I
>>>> want to print and use html tags to formate it, like maybe just
>>>> formatting the content in a new div and printing that?
>>>
>>>     Yes. Copy the content to a new window. »w = window.open ...«,
>>>     »w.write( contents )«, »w.print ...«.
>>>
>>>     If you have a popup-blocker: Use a custom css for printing,
>>>     which will hide everything but the content.
>>>
>>>     Or: Save the old document in a variable. Replace document by
>>>     content. Print. Restore old document.
>>>
>>>     In jQuery, see »printElement«.
>>>
>> printElement looks good.
>>
>> http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1591-ask-ben-print-part-of-a-web-page-with-jquery.htm
>
> FWIW, the CSS approach is the most compatible for users who fly with
> Javascript disabled.
> I use it the pages I design, minimal CSS and formatting, just enough to
> produce a clean printout.
>
> /Teo.

Thanks /Teo

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OT : min. requirements for printing web page content Mike S <mscir@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-05 19:05 -0700
  Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content Mike S <mscir@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-06 00:00 -0700
    Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content "Teodor V." <teodor-see-signature@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-06 11:41 +0200
      Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content Aleksandro <aleksandro@gmx.com> - 2016-04-06 10:57 -0300
      Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content Mike S <mscir@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-07 23:45 -0700
  Re: OT : min. requirements for printing web page content Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-06 20:22 +0200

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