Printout right margin cut

  • Thread starter Thread starter Ola T. Christophersen \(Norway\)
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Ola T. Christophersen \(Norway\)

I actualy have two problems with printing. 1: When I
attend BrightSurf.com the prints are cut ca 1/2 centimeter
of the right marginal, and the "Print this page" do not
work. 2: Visiting co2science.org, the snag is that when I
click the "Printer Friendly Version" - This coms up with
only a zero in parantesis (0). I have contacted both
sites but neither can understand my problem. Can anyone
out there? I have no problems when printing articles from
gsfc.nasa.gov or britannica.com.
Ola Tov C.
 
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:41:40 -0700, Ola T. Christophersen \(Norway\) wrote:

=>I actually have two problems with printing. 1: When I
=>attend BrightSurf.com the prints are cut ca 1/2 centimeter
=>of the right marginal, and the "Print this page" do not
=>work. 2: Visiting co2science.org, the snag is that when I
=>click the "Printer Friendly Version" - This comes up with
=>only a zero in parenthesis (0). I have contacted both
=>sites but neither can understand my problem. Can anyone
=>out there? I have no problems when printing articles from
=>gsfc.nasa.gov or britannica.com.
=>Ola Tov C.

This will show up with a variety of browser -- website combinations. It is sometimes possible to fiddle with
the browser settings to prevent the right-side margin cut. If you indicate which browser & version you
are using, someone may have a fix for you. OTOH, a simple workaround is to have the printer print that
website's pages in landscape format - should fit with no problems. The issue seems to be that your
browser is printing the whole page instead of just the frame (the frame should fit onto a standard sheet of
paper.)

As for (0) instead of a visible page, IMO that's a coding problem at the website involving Javascript,
and/or Active-X and/or non-standard extenmsions to HTML, or any combination thereof. Apart from
giving you my guess about the problem's source, I'm afraid I can't help you. The we should rewrite the
page in plain vanilla code, with no fancy extensions or add-ons. But (s)he probably feels that you should
update your software.

The reason NASA and Britannica are printer friendly is that they're written in plain-vanilla, thoroughly
standard, HTML and Javascript -- no fancy Microsoft (or anybody else's) add-ons, etc.
 
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