Setting Printer Page Orientation in HTML

[TStriker]

Hi folks,

I think I already know the answer to this but is it possible to add a link to a page that will make the print dialog box come up with landscape selected as the default?

-Striker

 

[cLFlaVA]

no.
activex controls might allow you to do this in some ways, but are not cross-browser friendly nor worth the trouble.

look into, instead, styling your page differently for printing. you can have two stylesheets for your webpage - one for screen and one for printing, if desired.

*cLFlaVA
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[TStriker]

That's what I thought. Cross browser is not an issue because this is for an intranet. I have created a specific stylesheet for printing but the page has lots of columns in a table and it really fits much better if it is printed landscape. I guess I'll have to rely on the folks to remember to choose landscape.

-Striker

 

[Vragabond]

Try this:

http://tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5803

 

[cLFlaVA]

just do an alert. it's simple enough.

function doPrint() {
   alert("Don't forget to choose LANDSCAPE layout!");
   window.print();
}

<a href="#" onclick="doPrint(); return false;">Print Me!</a>

*cLFlaVA
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