Printed page cuts off content

[cakecop]

I am building a site that is 770 pixels wide.
When I print a page it cuts of the content at 660 pixels.

I do not want to decrease the width because I need the room for all the buttons at the top of the page.

I have seen web pages with wide margins, and when I print, it all fits on the page (8" x 11"). I cannot figure out how they do it.

Help please

 

[BabyJeffy]

Suggest you put together a PRINT stylesheet that gets rid of all the unnecessary graphics and navigation... and deliver something more suitable to such a medium. That way you can keep the current SCREEN layout and have a wonderful PRINT layout as well!

Next step... Aural Stylesheets

Cheers,
Jeff

 

[cakecop]

I'll try it

Thanks

 

[rvnguy]

BabyJeffy,

Is this what many sites refer to as "Printer Friendly Version" ??

rvnguy

 

[BabyJeffy]

Some sites may use CSS to deliver pages that they call "print friendly" -- whilst others may actually deliver different physical HTML (via a server-side mechanism) and call them "printer friendly".

I would refer to both scenarios as "printer friendly" -- but would always attempt to convince a client that the CSS version is cheaper to build and cheaper to maintian into the future. They have agreed with me to date

Cheers,
Jeff

 

[wiser3]

In stead of designing your site 770 pixels wide use percentage width. Then whenever a person resizes there window your site adjust to the new size and it will also adjust to whatever size paper it's being printed to.