Set Landscape for print?

[markdmac]

I have a very simple function I am using to print the current web page.

Here is my code

    <script language="JavaScript">
    function prt(){
    	window.print()
    }
    </script>

I would like to be able to configure the print properties to use landscape mode. Is this possible? and if so can anyone point me to any sample code for this?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[dwarfthrower]

It's rather unpossible I'm afraid. Javascript has very limited control of the browser itself. It's for scripting content within the browser, not manipulating the print settings of applications users have on their own machines... Common enough request though, along with "how do I strip out the annoying footer that the browser prints using javascript", but the security concerns it would raise outweigh any benefits to including that sort of thing in javascript's scope.

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[markdmac]

Thanks for confirming. Any body else have any other suggestions? The site is running on an Apache Web Server.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[dwarfthrower]

Other suggestions for setting the print aspect to landscape? Your best bet is an explanatory note to your users stating that this is for whatever reason desirable.

An alternate - and entirely more elegant - solution might be to implement a print-media stylsheet that reformats the page suitable for printing out in (the default) portrait mode.

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[markdmac]

Thanks again Webflo. I'll look at that option.