[pgo]

I set up a lovely print stylesheet for our corporate site.

Only problem is, as my boss points out, people don't like using File->Print (or Ctrl+P) because they expect websites to look like crap printed out.

So, he thinks we should provide a "Print this page" link in the footer of each page.

I see about a million JavaScript solutions, but does anyone have any advice or thoughts about this issue?

[Dusteh]

Might be worth reading through the comments on the alistapart article on a printing preview: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/printtopreview/

[freelancr]

Definately make use a media=print stylesheet on all of your pages, but your boss is right.... people don't bother printing stuff out because you usually end up wasting paper and end up with a load of shite.

Add a link to a "printer friendly version" which just uses a stylesheet switcher to make the print.css for the screen too.

I can't fucking stand websites that have a link to a "printer friendly" version, but don't bother their arse to use print stylesheets for the whole site.

[pgo]

Originally Posted by freelancr

Add a link to a "printer friendly version" which just uses a stylesheet switcher to make the print.css for the screen too.

Interesting idea. For now, I've just added a "print this page" link:

<p class="print"><a href="javascript:print()">Print This Page</a></p>