Can I use css to scale images and text to fit on the page

[yongbum]

Hi
I'm using css to position text on a background image and I've arrived at the perfect fit. My problem is when I print
the page is truncated on the right. If I set scaling to 90% in the page setup option everything is (100%) OK. My question is can I use css to scale the whole page to 90% of the original? If so how?

 

[Vragabond]

You cannot do that, however you can create a separate print stylesheet where you re-limit your website to be 100% (or 90%) wide instead of whatever it is on the screen. I guess you don't want to print the background anyway?

 

[yongbum]

Thanks Vragabond,
I've done the stylesheet for printing.
How do I "re-limit your website to be 100% (or 90%) wide"
I do want to print the background image. What I'm actualy printing is a payslip.
So far I've got "font-size: 0.9em;" and that works fine, I've now got 100% of the text on 90% of the background-image, so how do apply 0.9em to the background-image?

 

[yongbum]

I have a 2cm border of white space around the image on the printed page? is this area usable for printing if so I don't need to resize, the image will fit on the page.
I've tried "margin: 0; padding: 0" but still have the white border are there any other otions that might that will allow me to print on all the page.

 

[Vragabond]

Do you have a link where we could examine this? Is your background picture big enough to fit the printed page? If it is, what is limiting you in making your container 100% size (that will be 100% of the paper) instead of whatever it is now. Without the code, it is difficult to advise. In the meanwhile, Geckos (Mozilla, FF) have the ability to scale the whole page -- to fit or to a certain percentage, if you only need this to work on your computer.

 

[Vragabond]

In response to your last question -- yes, there are options for margins set by the browser. If you tell us which browser you're interested in, we can tell you where to find those options.

 

[yongbum]

Thanks Vragabond for pointing me in the right direction
I was using the pixcel size of the image as the width value
(width: 1065) obviously no connection to printing - forgive me I'm new to this. When I used width: 100% everything fell into place.