20 Apr 2004 | Mike said...

Ya that sucks. I can't remember the last time I printed anything from a web browser though, but I still feel your pain.

20 Apr 2004 | xp-alidocious said...

Try using Windows.

20 Apr 2004 | ben said...

"I can't remember the last time I printed anything from a web browser"

? Plane tickets, directions, phone numbers, articles, tutorials, recipes...

I print from the browser more than any other app.

21 Apr 2004 | pixelkitty said...

One of the many reasons Safari is only a testing browser for me, and Firefox is my default when Im on my Mac.

21 Apr 2004 | Rob said...

It's an extra step, but you can easily "print" to PDF (Save As PDF...) and then print using Acrobat and choose Acrobat's "Shrink Oversized Pages to Paper Size" print option. Not all web pages would need this, but the ones you want to look good and "fit" on the page might warrant the special treatment.

21 Apr 2004 | Don Schenck said...

Related: To create a "Print Format" version of a web page -- From a developer's point of view, is there an easy way to do this, or is it just _work_?

21 Apr 2004 | waylman said...

Don, to answer your question see this ala article.

And now back to the scheduled program:...

I have never used Safari (as I haven't used a Mac in years) but Firefox will let you change the default page layout. You can change the margins and even what appears in the header and footer. If I remember correctly, IE will even let you adjust some of this stuff.

In Firefox it is under File | Page Setup... Select the Margins & Header/Footer tab and adjust to your liking.

21 Apr 2004 | Brendan said...

On my system (10.3/Safari 1.2.1), Safari is hornoring the margins of the active paper size in Page Setup. I can setup a custom US Letter with large margins if I so require.

21 Apr 2004 | Don Schenck said...

Thanks a *TON* waylman!

21 Apr 2004 | Jason Wall said...

Firefox will also let you shrink the web page to fit the width of the page.

22 Apr 2004 | Hagbard Celine said...

Yep, despite all its faults, IE allows you to change the header, footer, paper size, orientation, and all four margins of a printed web page.

23 Apr 2004 | Elaine said...

has anybody seen any problems with Safari printing text too large? (I'm having this with one of the Mac users of a web app I've been working on, and I find it absolutely baffling.)

23 Apr 2004 | JF said...

has anybody seen any problems with Safari printing text too large? (I'm having this with one of the Mac users of a web app I've been working on, and I find it absolutely baffling.)

Usually happens if you don't have a printer stylesheet spec'd.

30 Jan 2005 | compatelius said...

bocigalingus must be something funny.