RE: Designing a web page so that it prints nicely

[Emily Berk <emily -at- armadillosoft -dot- com>]

Thanks, Char!  It helps a lot to know what to look for.

-- Emily

At 08:04 AM 1/19/2005 -0500, Char James-Tanny wrote:
>Hi, Emily :-) 
>
>> Subject: Designing a web page so that it prints nicely
>> 
>> Can anyone point me to a resource that explains how to do this?
>>
>> What I want is for, when someone sees my webpage, and clicks 
>> File-Print, that what spews out on paper is readable.
>
>Look for information on a print stylesheet (print.css). A List Apart has a
>nice article about it by Eric Meyer at
>http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/. (Note: Print stylesheets
>work best when the Web page has been designed with CSS, and when it doesn't
>use layout tables.)
>
>Char

Emily Berk
http://www.armadillosoft.com



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