Printing from a web page.

[Mufasa]

I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
automatically for the user.

Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?

Thanks - Jeff.

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

Re: Printing from a web page.

Well you can't automatically print at the clients printer as you have no
rights to do that - but you could present a formatted PDF for them to print
if they choose to do that.

Regards

John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
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>I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
>page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
>automaticall y for the user.
>
Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?
>
Thanks - Jeff.
>
>

[Mufasa]

Re: Printing from a web page.

How do web pages do it where they have a button that says 'Print this page'
?

"John Timney (MVP)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
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Well you can't automatically print at the clients printer as you have no
rights to do that - but you could present a formatted PDF for them to
print if they choose to do that.
>
Regards
>
John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

>
>
"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
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>>I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
>>page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
>>automatical ly for the user.
>>
>Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?
>>
>Thanks - Jeff.
>>
>>

>
>

[Mufasa]

Re: Printing from a web page.

With that - here's another question -

If I have a web page that somebody is going to print, how can I put page
breaks in it to force the print to eject the page?

I don't even know if I can embed a ^L on the page.

"John Timney (MVP)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
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Well you can't automatically print at the clients printer as you have no
rights to do that - but you could present a formatted PDF for them to
print if they choose to do that.
>
Regards
>
John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

>
>
"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
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>>I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
>>page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
>>automatical ly for the user.
>>
>Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?
>>
>Thanks - Jeff.
>>
>>

>
>

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

Re: Printing from a web page.

You can invoke hte printer dialogue with a single line fo javascript

<a href="JavaScrip t:window.print( );">Print this page</a>

But to format the page correctly, you should read up on CSS print

http://www.tufts.edu/webcentral/tutorials/printcss/

Regards

John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
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With that - here's another question -
>
If I have a web page that somebody is going to print, how can I put page
breaks in it to force the print to eject the page?
>
I don't even know if I can embed a ^L on the page.
>
"John Timney (MVP)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
news:DpOdnVhSXb 9LOCHanZ2dnUVZ8 vidnZ2d@eclipse .net.uk...

>Well you can't automatically print at the clients printer as you have no
>rights to do that - but you could present a formatted PDF for them to
>print if they choose to do that.
>>
>Regards
>>
>John Timney (MVP)
>http://www.johntimney.com
>http://www.johntimney.com/blog
>>
>>
>"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
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>>>I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
>>>page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
>>>automaticall y for the user.
>>>
>>Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?
>>>
>>Thanks - Jeff.
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

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>

[siccolo]

Re: Printing from a web page.

On Feb 21, 9:24 am, "John Timney \(MVP\)"
<xyz_j...@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote:

You can invoke hte printer dialogue with a single line fo javascript
>
<a href="JavaScrip t:window.print( );">Print this page</a>
>
But to format the page correctly, you should read up on CSS print
>

http://www.tufts.edu/webcentral/tutorials/printcss/

>
Regards
>
John Timney (MVP)http://www.johntimney.comhttp://www.johntimney.com/blog
>
"Mufasa" <j...@nowhere.c omwrote in message
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With that - here's another question -

>

If I have a web page that somebody is going to print, how can I put page
breaks in it to force the print to eject the page?

>

I don't even know if I can embed a ^L on the page.

>

"John Timney (MVP)" <xyz_j...@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
news:DpOdnVhSXb 9LOCHanZ2dnUVZ8 vidnZ2d@eclipse .net.uk...

Well you can't automatically print at the clients printer as you have no
rights to do that - but you could present a formatted PDF for them to
print if they choose to do that.

>

Regards

>

John Timney (MVP)
>http://www.johntimney.com
>http://www.johntimney.com/blog

>

"Mufasa" <j...@nowhere.c omwrote in message
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>>I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
>>page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
>>automatical ly for the user.

>

>Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?

>

>Thanks - Jeff.- Hide quoted text -

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you may want to try <DIV style="page-break-after:always"></DIVas a
page break...


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[Tanzim Saqib]

Re: Printing from a web page.

It has nothing to do about ASP.NET nor server side code. It's accomplished
by many websites in purely JavaScript way:

window.print();

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Tanzim Saqib

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"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
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How do web pages do it where they have a button that says 'Print this
page' ?
>
"John Timney (MVP)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
news:DpOdnVhSXb 9LOCHanZ2dnUVZ8 vidnZ2d@eclipse .net.uk...

>Well you can't automatically print at the clients printer as you have no
>rights to do that - but you could present a formatted PDF for them to
>print if they choose to do that.
>>
>Regards
>>
>John Timney (MVP)
>http://www.johntimney.com
>http://www.johntimney.com/blog
>>
>>
>"Mufasa" <jb@nowhere.com wrote in message
>news:uDZhkdAdI HA.3736@TK2MSFT NGP04.phx.gbl.. .

>>>I have a page where somebody enters some information. On submitting the
>>>page, I want to take the info, format it 'pretty' and print the page
>>>automaticall y for the user.
>>>
>>Can anybody point me somewhere to look on how to do this?
>>>
>>Thanks - Jeff.
>>>
>>>

>>
>>

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