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The Jackal
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: The Dark Side of the Moon
Insane since: Jun 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-13-2004 19:24 Edit Quote

OK. Every time I print a page the right hand side is cut short. Is this a printer setting problem or a table problem with the page layout?

(Edited by The Jackal on 04-13-2004 10:24)
Rinswind 2th
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence
Insane since: Jul 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-14-2004 22:05 Edit Quote

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Really some more information could lead to an usefull answer.
Like what (kind off) page are you trying to print, with which program on which printer.
If try to print an html page a link to the page or the code might help.
If it's another type of file go look at the organization who is in charge off that type off file (Microsoft for word, publisher,excel an other files. Adobe for pdf, eps, psd, ai etc. Openoffice.org for files related to oppenofiice and so on.
Also what is the papersize in you printer and what papersize is the printerdriver set to?
What is in your printer manual about the subject?
What did you try to solve this problem?

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(Edited by Rinswind 2th on 04-14-2004 13:11)
Rinswind 2th
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence
Insane since: Jul 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-14-2004 22:08 Edit Quote

><><>< WARNING: Information insufficiency, can not proceed with answer. WARNING: Information insufficiency><><><><

Really some more information could lead to an usefull answer.
Like what (kind off) page are you trying to print, with which program on which printer.
If try to print an html page a link to the page or the code might help.
If it's another type of file go look at the organization who is in charge off that type off file (Microsoft for word, publisher,excel an other files. Adobe for pdf, eps, psd, ai etc. Openoffice.org for files related to oppenofiice and so on.
Also what is the papersize in you printer and what papersize is the printerdriver set to?
What is in your printer manual about the subject?
What did you try to solve this problem?

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The Jackal
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: The Dark Side of the Moon
Insane since: Jun 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-23-2004 22:05 Edit Quote

I am trying to print a PHP page using the Guru's PHP template code. The printer issue is moot since the problem happens on every printer I print on (which are different models, brand names, paper, etc.) The HTML for the entire page is as follows:

code:
<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Untitled Document</TITLE>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</HEAD>



<body bgColor=#CCCCCC onLoad="getPic()">

<table width="750" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#000099">

  <tr>

    <td>

      <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

        <tr>

          <td ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"> 

            <TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">

              <TR> 

                <TD WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="609" BGCOLOR="#6699CC" VALIGN="TOP" ROWSPAN="2"> 

                  <TABLE WIDTH="160" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> 

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

<!-- hide me



/*********************************************************************

                 THIS CODE IS FOR TODAYS DATE

*********************************************************************/

// array for the months of the year

var months = new Array("January","Febuary","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");



// array for the days of the week

var days = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");



// the Date object

var todaysDate = new Date();



// variable for the date

var theDate = todaysDate.getDate();



// variable for the year

var theYear = todaysDate.getFullYear();



// variable for the month

var theMonth = months[todaysDate.getMonth()];



// variable for the day of the week

var theDay = days[todaysDate.getDay()];



// the date suffix variable

var dateSuffix;



// the IF statement that adds the suffix to the date

if (theDate==1 || theDate==21 || theDate==31)

{

	dateSuffix="st";

}

else if (theDate==2 || theDate==22)

{

	dateSuffix="nd";

}

else if (theDate==3 || theDate==23)

{

	dateSuffix="rd";

}

else

{

	dateSuffix="th";

}



// This is what writes the date

document.write("<B>" + theDay + ",<BR>" + theMonth + " " + theDate + "<sup>" + dateSuffix + "</sup>, " + theYear + "</B>");



// show me -->

				

</SCRIPT>

                        <BR>

                        &nbsp; </TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD BGCOLOR="#000099" HEIGHT="1"></TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"> 

                        <FORM METHOD=get ACTION="/cgi-bin/webglimpse/home/sasimi/concernedchristians-www">

                          &nbsp;<BR><I><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><B>Search the Site for:</B></FONT></I> 

                          <INPUT NAME=query SIZE=15>

                          <INPUT TYPE=image ALT=submit SRC="images/go.gif" NAME="submit">

                          <!-- Admins - remove this line to stop caching next hits -->

                          <INPUT NAME="cache" VALUE="yes" TYPE="HIDDEN"><BR> 

                          <DIV ALIGN=RIGHT ID=menu><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="1"><A HREF="wgindex.html">Detailed 

                            Search</A></FONT></DIV>

                          <BR> 

                  </FORM>

                      </TD>

                    </TR>

                  </TABLE>

                  

            <DIV ID="menu">

<script language="JAVASCRIPT">

<!-- hide me

// This writes the Main Menu

writeMenu();

// show me -->

</script>

              <P>&nbsp;</P>

                    <P>&nbsp;</P>

                  </DIV>

                </TD>

                <TD HEIGHT="90" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000099" WIDTH="1">&nbsp;</TD>

                <TD HEIGHT="90" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="images/blank.gif" WIDTH="399" HEIGHT="78" NAME="myPicture"></TD>

                <TD HEIGHT="90" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000099" WIDTH="1">&nbsp; 

                </TD>

                <TD WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="609" BGCOLOR="#6699CC" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP"> 

                  <TABLE WIDTH="160" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000099"> <B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">VERSE 

                        OF THE DAY</FONT></B></TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> &nbsp;<BR>

                        <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="FFFFFF"> <I> </I></FONT>

                        

                  <TABLE WIDTH="95%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">

                    <TR> 

                            <TD><DIV ID="link"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="FFFFFF"><I> 

                              <SCRIPT SRC="http://www.verseoftheday.com/kjvverse.js" LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT"></SCRIPT>

                              </I></FONT></DIV></TD>

                          </TR>

                        </TABLE><br>&nbsp;

                        

                      </TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD HEIGHT="1" BGCOLOR="#000099"></TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000099"><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">RESOURCE 

                        MATERIALS</FONT></B></TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> &nbsp;<BR>

                        <FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"> </FONT> 

                        <TABLE WIDTH="97%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">

                          <TR> 

                            <TD HEIGHT="20"><DIV ID ="link"> 

                              <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

						<!-- hide me



						// THIS WRITES A RANDOM RESOURCE

						document.write(myResource[randomResource]);



						// show me -->

						</SCRIPT>

                              </DIV></TD>

                          </TR>

                        </TABLE>

                        <BR>

                        &nbsp;</TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD HEIGHT="1" BGCOLOR="#000099"></TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR>

                      <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="CENTER" BGCOLOR="#000099"><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><B>LEARN 

                        MORE.... </B></FONT></B></TD>

                    </TR>

                    <TR> 

                      <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"> 

                        <DIV ID="link">&nbsp;<BR>

                          <TABLE WIDTH="97%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">

                            <TR> 

                              <TD> 

                                <DIV ID="link"><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

				<!-- hide me



				// This is what writes the article

				document.write(myArticle[randomArticle]);



				// show me -->

				

</SCRIPT></DIV>

                              </TD>

                            </TR>

                          </TABLE>

                          <BR>

                          &nbsp;</DIV>

                      </TD>

                    </TR>

                  </TABLE>

                  <P>&nbsp;</P>

                  <P>&nbsp;</P>

                </TD>

              </TR>

              <TR> 

                <TD HEIGHT="519" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000099" WIDTH="1"></TD>

                <TD HEIGHT="519" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">

                  <DIV ID="content"><!-- Begin Content -->



                  <P>&nbsp;</P><TABLE WIDTH="98%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ALIGN="CENTER">

                    <TR ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> 

                      <TD> 

                        

main content stuff here

                        </TD>

                    </TR>

                  </TABLE>

                    <P>&nbsp;</P>

                    

<!-- End Content --> 

                    <P>&nbsp;</P>

                    <P>&nbsp;</P>

                    <TABLE WIDTH="90%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ALIGN="CENTER">

                      <TR> 

                        <TD> 

                          footer stuff here

                        </TD>

                      </TR>

                    </TABLE>

                    <P>&nbsp;</P>

                  </DIV>

<TD HEIGHT="90" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" BGCOLOR="#000099" WIDTH="1"> 

                </TD>

              </TR>

            </TABLE>

          </td>

        </tr>

      </table>

    </td>

  </tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>
The Jackal
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: The Dark Side of the Moon
Insane since: Jun 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-23-2004 23:44 Edit Quote

OK, after further review, it appears that the problem only occurs when I print from IE. In NS it prints fine.
Rinswind 2th
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Den Haag: The Royal Residence
Insane since: Jul 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-25-2004 15:04 Edit Quote

Well it seems to be an browser prblem. The page is to big for printing. Thus it will be cut off by default.
Moz however is set by default to shrink-to-fit/scale to paper size. It makes the page fit to the paper....
I guess it's the same for Netscape.

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kuckus
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Berlin (almost)
Insane since: Dec 2001

 IP logged posted posted 04-25-2004 15:15 Edit Quote

I usually just set the printer to 'landscape' format when I need to print pages like that or copy it into Word and remove the unnecessary columns...
The Jackal
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: The Dark Side of the Moon
Insane since: Jun 2000

 IP logged posted posted 04-27-2004 23:45 Edit Quote

How can it be to big? The table width is only 750px. This is well under the 800x600 res for the monitor. HMMMMMM....
poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

 IP logged posted posted 04-28-2004 00:03 Edit Quote

Just a quick thought. The usual resolution of the monitors is/was 72dpi, so with no other settings printing a 750px table could become 750 / 72 = 10,42 in ( ~ 26.46 cm ).

Have you tried to print a table with a width of 100% instead of a width fixed in pixels ? BTW, that problem emphasize the importance of using a stylesheet per medium e.g. screen, print, ...
poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: France
Insane since: Jun 2002

 IP logged posted posted 05-07-2004 04:22 Edit Quote

On other hand you could use the size attribute of the @page selector in your CSS to force the pages to be printed in landscape or portrait. Though honestly I'm almost sure the leader browser have never heard of that attribute.


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