Using CSS to format for print

[cimbian]

Hi, first posting... Forum looks really good.

I have a few fairly straight-forward HTML sites formatted by CSS but would like to create an alternative format for printing.

Any thoughts on how this is done or the alternative CSS invoked?

Steve

[PHP_Idiot]

There are probably much cleverer answers but I just made plain text versions with no templates, colours or styling at all, and direct linked to them.
You could do it with css and I suppose it depends on how many pages you have that you want printable, as mine are all dynamically generated I have one extra plain page with all the script I need for the dynamic data to be generated.

[rocknbil]

Welcome aboard cimbian . . . Look into

@media print {
/* Print only selectors apply here */
}

One terse example [w3schools.com]

[cimbian]

Thank you, that is what I was looking for.

[PHP_Idiot]

lol told you there would be a smarter answer, might look at that myself!

[cimbian]

:)