printing from websites - printer friendly

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Hi,

Some websites have a 'printer-friendly' button which opens a new page with
the text but not the graphics, so it can be printed more easily.

Unfortunately, most don't !!

Is there a way of printing a website's text without all the graphics ??

Thanks

K
 
KRK said:
Hi,

Some websites have a 'printer-friendly' button which opens a new page
with the text but not the graphics, so it can be printed more easily.

Unfortunately, most don't !!

Is there a way of printing a website's text without all the graphics ??

Thanks

K
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Some websites have a "Text only" link you can click to bring up a text
only version of the website for printing. Otherwise in the menu you can
click Edit -> Select All and paste into a text editor of your choice for
printing.

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KRK said:
Hi,

Some websites have a 'printer-friendly' button which opens a new page with
the text but not the graphics, so it can be printed more easily.

Unfortunately, most don't !!

Is there a way of printing a website's text without all the graphics ??

Thanks

K
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Google "readability"
 
Hi,

Some websites have a 'printer-friendly' button which opens a new page
with the text but not the graphics, so it can be printed more easily.

Unfortunately, most don't !!

Is there a way of printing a website's text without all the graphics ??

Thanks

K
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Many broswers allow you to use a custom style sheet - that can easily do
exactly what you want.
 
KRK said:
Hi,

Some websites have a 'printer-friendly' button which opens a new page with
the text but not the graphics, so it can be printed more easily.

Unfortunately, most don't !!

Is there a way of printing a website's text without all the graphics ??

Thanks

K
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What I do is Cut & Paste from the web site into MS Word and then print it.
It works for me.
 
KRK said:
Hi,

Some websites have a 'printer-friendly' button which opens a new page with
the text but not the graphics, so it can be printed more easily.

Unfortunately, most don't !!

Is there a way of printing a website's text without all the graphics ??

Thanks

K
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In IE8:
Tools
Internet Options
Advanced
Printing - clear the box ' Print background colors and images'.
 
What I do is Cut & Paste from the web site into MS Word and then print it.
It works for me.
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I suggest Edit ->Paste Special then choose Unformatted Text. Otherwise
Word will attempt to convert the formatting from the web page and it
will be very slow, and typically with rather poor results.

To the previous poster: Trying to use a custom style sheet is wrought
with pitfalls based on how the web site is constructed. Unless the web
site designer provides it's own style sheet (under a "print this page"
type of option), odds of success are low.

To the original poster: Just printing "the text" of a web page may not
be what you want. Depending on the site construction, items that you
think are "text" are often graphical and/or require layout mechanisms
for placement that will only act correctly when printing the complete
page. You can generally determine this in a crude way by selecting the
text and doing the cut/paste mentioned above. If you can't select the
text, it's likely actually a graphic, and printable only with a full
print. Try the cut/paste to Word - if it's not what you want, go back
and print the whole page.
 
+Bob+ said:
I suggest Edit ->Paste Special then choose Unformatted Text. Otherwise
Word will attempt to convert the formatting from the web page and it
will be very slow, and typically with rather poor results.

To the previous poster: Trying to use a custom style sheet is wrought
with pitfalls based on how the web site is constructed. Unless the web
site designer provides it's own style sheet (under a "print this page"
type of option), odds of success are low.

To the original poster: Just printing "the text" of a web page may not
be what you want. Depending on the site construction, items that you
think are "text" are often graphical and/or require layout mechanisms
for placement that will only act correctly when printing the complete
page. You can generally determine this in a crude way by selecting the
text and doing the cut/paste mentioned above. If you can't select the
text, it's likely actually a graphic, and printable only with a full
print. Try the cut/paste to Word - if it's not what you want, go back
and print the whole page.
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So far I have had very good results doing it my way. When I copy and paste,
it comes into Word formatted like it was on the web page.
 
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