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Forcing Print Margin change

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Creto

Programmer
Aug 31, 2004
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I've got a page that prints out, for all intents and purposes, checks. Everything lays out fine except for one problem. The printer's default right margin is set at .75", and it is forcing the money number to be shoved left *over* the "$" sign that is already existing on the check. If the margins are manually set to .65", this alleviates the problem.

What I'm looking for, is a way to force the page to be printed with a .65" margin on the right side instead of a .75" margin.

Since I'm printing on checks with some preexisting material (such as the "$"), I have to keep the information in a specified layout, so changing how the tables line up is not an option.
 
And do you have the privilege of knowing all your users use the same operating system and the same browser and the same default settings? It is not good to mess with browser specific settings on the client's computer.
 
It's an internal system that will only be used by one or two people, which I know their exact systems.
 
Have you tried removing the built in margins of the browser, such as:
Code:
/* Style sheet snippet */
html {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  }
body {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  }
to see if that gets you any closer to the edge you want?
 
Vragabond,
XP Pro with IE6
I'll check into ScriptX

Oppcos,
That just modifies how it's displayed on the screen (which the margins are already set to 0 on).
 
Vragabond,
Thanks, ScriptX did the trick.
 
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