Fit print on page?

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In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not fitting on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields down the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't fit. How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
 
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE> View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program (ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
On the tool bar : click file: page setup

In the boxes left and right margins enter .45

That should take care printing a webpage that doesn't print fully

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE> View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program (ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

spamlet said:
In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not fitting on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields down the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't fit. How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
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Thanks very much for the idea Don (and sorry Larry: I already tried
minimising the margins),

The Visiontech idea add on looks just the job, but the link given goes to a
page of links that simply alternate back and forth to each other without
downloading anything.

Any other sources out there?

Regards,

S


Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE>
View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program (ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new
one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the
Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program
Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display
the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

spamlet said:
In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not fitting on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields down the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words
off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't fit. How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
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Oops!

Sorry, spoke too soon and missed your last bit about having to go to see if
it had popped up in toolbar custom options. It had of course - such a quick
download it does not seem to be doing anything!

Hope the creator 'AdrianBa' is still up and well, as the links to Visiontech
and his blog entries are all several years old.

Thanks again,

S


spamlet said:
Thanks very much for the idea Don (and sorry Larry: I already tried
minimising the margins),

The Visiontech idea add on looks just the job, but the link given goes to
a page of links that simply alternate back and forth to each other without
downloading anything.

Any other sources out there?

Regards,

S


Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE>
View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program
(ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new
one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the
Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program
Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display
the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

spamlet said:
In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not fitting on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields down the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words
off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't fit. How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
Click to expand...
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Right! Now I've got the new button sorted out and it does indeed make most
of a web page fit on the A4 paper (A bit of the headers is still lost), but
it has done it by almost halving the text size. What is the real problem
here? Are web page designers just not allowing for printing on normal sized
paper or what?

Regards,

S


Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE>
View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program (ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new
one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the
Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program
Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display
the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

spamlet said:
In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not fitting on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields down the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words
off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't fit. How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
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Hi,
In Internet Explorer> File> Page setup, are margins still about .75" ?

Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
There are two parts to be problem: Web designers rarely give any thought
to printing whatever (Most never give any thought to any system that isn't
exactly like their own), and IE was never designed for printed output to
begin with. The various add-ons and work-arounds don't have much to work
with.


spamlet said:
Right! Now I've got the new button sorted out and it does indeed make most
of a web page fit on the A4 paper (A bit of the headers is still lost), but
it has done it by almost halving the text size. What is the real problem
here? Are web page designers just not allowing for printing on normal sized
paper or what?
Regards,
Click to expand...
S
Click to expand...


Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE>
View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program (ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new
one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the
Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program
Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display
the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

spamlet said:
In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not fitting on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields down the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words
off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't fit. How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
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Thanks Gary: I suspected as much! (But it's a shame that most of the things
I print off are from computer advice sites - like AumHa for example - where
I'd have expected them to have been more discerning!)

Don: I went down to as low as 5mm in trials before getting the button, but
have gone back up to 15mm since - still a bit less than your .75".

Cheers to you both,

S


Gary Smith said:
There are two parts to be problem: Web designers rarely give any thought
to printing whatever (Most never give any thought to any system that isn't
exactly like their own), and IE was never designed for printed output to
begin with. The various add-ons and work-arounds don't have much to work
with.


spamlet said:
Right! Now I've got the new button sorted out and it does indeed make
most
of a web page fit on the A4 paper (A bit of the headers is still lost),
but
it has done it by almost halving the text size. What is the real problem
here? Are web page designers just not allowing for printing on normal
sized
paper or what?
Regards,
Click to expand...
S
Click to expand...


Don Varnau said:
Hi,
If the page is primarily text, you could try a smaller text size- IE>
View>
Text size.

If changing the text size doesn't work, try this freeware program
(ActiveX
control / IE toolbar add-on) from
http://www.visiontech.ltd.uk/software/

Internet Explorer Fitted-Width Printing

Have you ever printed a web page only to find that the right-hand edge
is
missing? This is for you. First, this download page will install the
control. After installation, close the browser window and reopen a new
one.
You should have a new printer icon with a small 'W' next to it on the
toolbar. Press this to bring up a print dialog which will then print
the
page fitted to the width of your paper. Alternatively, hold down the
Control
key while pressing the button and you will get a print preview instead.

Note: After downloading this ActiveX Object (into Downloaded Program
Files)
you may have to go to IE> View> Toolbars> Customize to find and display
the
icon.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

In the past I had problems with items printed from web pages not
fitting
on
the page when printed even though they appear to do so in print
preview.
This problem now seems to be back for many web pages, where fields
down
the
left side take up so much room that the printed words go several words
off
the rhs. Even when I set the margins to the minimum it still won't
fit.
How
do I get a PROPER print preview and adjust the settings correctly?

Cheers,

S
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