printing a website

rebecca lee

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Nov 17, 2006, 5:15:45 PM11/17/06

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hi.

when i try to print my website, only the first page would print and show in
print preview?!? it prints ok in IE, Opera and Netscape. any idea?

thanks.

Barbara

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Nov 19, 2006, 12:00:16 PM11/19/06

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Rebecca,
I've noticed this problem also. Sometimes, the only way to do it
correctly is to go to IE. As you find those websites, click on the
"file bug report" icon, which is a little white square that looks like a
beetle on it to the left of the URL.

Barbara

Bi...@ng3k.com

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Nov 22, 2006, 2:56:20 PM11/22/06

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rebecca lee wrote:

> when i try to print my website, only the first page would print and show in
> print preview?!? it prints ok in IE, Opera and Netscape. any idea?

I'm seeing similar behaviour. Was reported to me by a disconsolate
user. Specifics:

Firefox 1.0.5.8
Windows XP, SP2 (kept up to date)
Page: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2006.html

"Print preview" shows only 3 pages, omitting most of the data. Pages
1 and 2 contain the first part of the file. Page 3 shows the last
page. The bulk, in the middle, is missing.

Have validated both the HTML and CSS at W3C's facilities.

The page "print previews" properly using MSIE 6.0.

A similar page:

http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html

"print previews" properly in Firefox 1.0.5.8.

If anyone has a resolution for this, I'd love to know about it.

TIA,

Bill

Alex K.

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Nov 23, 2006, 8:02:08 AM11/23/06

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Hi Bill,

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a code wizard, I know just
enough to be dangerous, but I'm learning. :-)

I saved the source to the pages & did some comparing & playing around.

The issue seems to be with the use of the <caption> tag on the table in
the http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2006.html page.

On the other page, the one that does print the table correctly,
http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/adxo.html, instead of the <caption> tag, you
used a <p> tag.

I changed the <caption> to <p> and moved that block above the <table>
tag. Reloaded the page & did a print preview. It shows 9 pages,
appearing to print the table properly.

Visually, when viewing the page, not in print preview, the only change
is a slight increase in the space between the text above the table & the
table itself. This is, however, exactly how it appears on the other
page, where you see "Currently Active Operations", a space, and then the
start of the table.

I did another test, thinking maybe it might have to do with the <br>
tags in the <caption> tag. So I tried with just <caption>CQ World Wide
DX CW Announced Operations</caption>. Even with just that, it broke the
printing of the table.

I poked around bugzilla & found what appears to be the related bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154892

According to comment #165:
"Just to point it out and spare ourselves some comments: this will not
be fixed in Firefox 2.x!

Comment 110 and comment 111 contains the latest status for this bug. Any
work here is pointless until the reflow rewrite branch (see comment 155)
lands. This is slated for Gecko 1.9, which will be the basis for Firefox 3."

So, while it can be frustrating, it appears that there may be hope on
the horizon.

HTH.

--
Alex K.