force IE to print background-colors

[Felix Natter]

hi,

is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?

I tried to use @media print { ... } to override IE's "print background
colors + images" option, but it doesn't work. Any other idea?

I'd like to avoid relying on the user for setting this option.

thanks,

--
Felix Natter

[Steve Pugh]

Re: force IE to print background-colors

Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.ne t> wrote:
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>is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
>background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?[/color]

No. It's a user option.
[color=blue]
>I tried to use @media print { ... } to override IE's "print background
>colors + images" option, but it doesn't work. Any other idea?[/color]

As you don't know what sort of printer the user has it's usually best
to be conservative with print stylesheets.
[color=blue]
>I'd like to avoid relying on the user for setting this option.[/color]

Bad luck.

Steve

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[Keith Duncan]

Re: force IE to print background-colors

In short I believe the answer is no:

http://www.developer.com/dhtml/article.php/639581

However if approp. you could produce images and/or pdf files - normally
these should print as you wish with layout/colours as designed originally.

**** or you could ***

++++++++++++++
+ try to use text +
+ +
+ as a method of +
+ +
+ styling pages +
+ +
++++++++++++++

***** not so colourful or exciting tho *****

The other thing you should consider is whether the users printer is working
properly.. they maybe running with one colour missing.
;-)
If they are printing using CMYK and there is no Cyan... and your page uses
that colour for background, then they wont see very much ;-)

--
Keith


"Felix Natter" <fnatter@gmx.ne t> wrote in message
news:m3fzjxg6go .fsf@werkstatt4 .ldc...[color=blue]
> hi,
>
> is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
> background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?
>
> I tried to use @media print { ... } to override IE's "print background
> colors + images" option, but it doesn't work. Any other idea?
>
> I'd like to avoid relying on the user for setting this option.
>
> thanks,
>
> --
> Felix Natter[/color]

[Philipp Lenssen]

Re: force IE to print background-colors

In article <m3fzjxg6go.fsf @werkstatt4.ldc >, fnatter@gmx.net says...[color=blue]
> hi,
>
> is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
> background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?
> (...)[/color]


This ActiveX component might help:

http://www.meadroid.com/sx_intro.asp

It allows you more complete control over such things as background-color
printing, provided the user allows the component to run.