Printing Table Backgrounds

Can you make a browser do this?

[CromeYellow]

Hi

I am trying to get the background of a table to print, but with no luck. Does anyone know if you can do this?

Thanks

Cy

[CromeYellow]

Hmmm... not sure that was very clear. I'll have another go.

I've got a page containing a table that needs to be printed.

Because it essentially a graphic product, the table background is a white gif with a nice rounded-corner border.

In the table itself is text, which fits inside the border.

When I print the page, only the tect prints, and not the background image, ruining the effect.

Can I make the background image print?

Cheers

Cy

[pageoneresults]

In Internet Explorer, go to...

Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Printing > Check the box Print background colors and images.

[papabaer]

Hello Chrome Yellow!

Pageoneresults nailed the IE solution, with Opera you just go to FILE/PRINT OPTIONS where you can choose to pring the page background, headers and footers, scale print to: 20%-400% and set page margins.

Mozilla (NS6/7?) offers even more options: FILE/PAGE SETUP - a tabbed window will open with numerous settings available.

[CromeYellow]

Hi there papabaer. Thanks, and to you to pageoneresults. So the only way to do it is to change the settings in your own browser?

The aforementioned document is part of a product, so I can't ask each customer to change their settings (probably should have mentioned this!)

I guess I'm looking at a workaround, perhaps laying out the page(s) differently?

Cy

[olias]

If it is an actual application using IE to print reports then it is possible to switch the registry key before and after printing, otherwise I believe you need an alternative solution.

[CromeYellow]

Hi Olias

It's actually an ebook application using Explorer to print. This registry thingy sounds hard? Is it?

Cy

[Axacta]

>Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Printing > Check the box Print background colors and images.<

I actually had the same problem the other day, but I wanted the cell background colors to print rather than a graphic. I tried the above solution, but no go. Would not do it in FrontPage either.

[CromeYellow]

Hi axacta

This is a bit tricky for me to check as I don't have access to a printer at the moment.

Are you saying that changing this setting doesn't actually allow printing of table backgrounds?

Does it just cause the page background to print?

Cy

[Axacta]

CromeYellow,

There wasn't a page background, so I don't know about that, but as far as the table was concerned, only the table lines and text printed - the cell background colors would not.