Printing Webpages

Pre-Printing Suggestions

- Before printing a Webpage, click FILE-PRINT PREVIEW (or similar wording) to see how it will lay out on paper.

- Look for a Next Page (or similar wording) button so you can view additional pages.

- In some browsers you can click with the magnifying glass to "zoom in." Be sure to check the right margin to see if the text chops off.

Printing an Entire Webpage

Click FILE-PRINT and click Print, OK, or similar wording.

Printing a Portion of a Webpage

Internet Explorer

- Click and drag to highlight the portion of the Webpage you want to print.

- Click FILE-PRINT; click Selection and click OK.

Firefox

- Click and drag to highlight the portion of the Webpage you want to print.

- Click FILE-PRINT; click Selection and click OK.

Printing a Webpage that is Wider than 8 1/2 inches

Since the screen is oriented in "landscape" format while paper is oriented in "portrait" format, the web designer should be limiting the width so this problem doesn't happen when someone prints his/her webpage.

Therefore, you have to work around this design glitch...

To print the Webpage so it won't cut off in most browsers:

- Click FILE-PAGE SETUP (or similar wording).

- Change margins (particularly side margins) to perhaps as small as .5 inches (if your printer supports margins this narrow).

If the above doesn't work, you can usually solve the problem by printing the page(s) in "Landscape" format instead of the usual "Portrait" format:

Internet Explorer

- Click FILE-PAGE SETUP.

- Click Landscape and click OK.

Firefox

- Click FILE-PRINT.

- Click Properties.

- Click Basics or Layout.

- Click Landscape; click Apply (if available); click OK.

Printing a Webpage that has a Dark Background

A Webpage with a dark background will usually print as shown, using a considerable amount of ink. To avoid this problem, do the following:

Internet Explorer

- Click TOOLS-INTERNET OPTIONS.

- Click Advanced tab at top of dialog box.

- Scroll down to the "printing" category and make sure the box for printing backgrounds is not checked.

- Click Apply (if available) and click OK.

Note: This setting change will affect all backgrounds on all Webpages unless you make another change.

Firefox

- Click FILE-PAGE SETUP.

- Confirm that "Print background" box is not checked.