Comments on: Perfecting Your Printed Posts

By: Anshul Dixit

Anshul Dixit — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:35:44 +0000

Hi Michael,

I want to have “save as pdf” and “print” option in my blog. But I don’t have any idea of scripting. Can you please guide me in detail how to build a printer friendly and pdf friendly page ?

By: Removals Isleworth

Removals Isleworth — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:58:34 +0000

Hi,

What is the name of the plug in you are using? Can you please share it with us?

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:51:15 +0000

Hey Armand – I’ve seen that plugin around. It’s definitely the quickest method, but it forces your users to go to a specific “print” page before printing. Print stylesheets let them browse and print as normal.

And lol – Yes, I’d like to see that statistic as well!

By: Armand

Armand — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:48:03 +0000

Interesting post. On my blog I use a plug-in that makes the printer-friendly transformation job a breeze.
I wish there could be a counter for it to see how many times people have clicked on that print button.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:45:29 +0000

Tyler, I don’t know what else it could be. I didn’t build the theme, and don’t have the time to go through it entirely. (I’ve already read through it well, and haven’t seen the problem! )

By: Webmaster Mommy

Webmaster Mommy — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:05:22 +0000

Thank you! I never actually realized there as a difference, I just assumed that printable pages came out in plain text, and website pages came out with design.

By: Tyler Michael Jonsson

Tyler Michael Jonsson — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:09:45 +0000

That does not seem to be doing it either.

I am really stumped

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:37:26 +0000

Sadly, no, most people won’t think to do that.

Try adding this as well:
.content, .main, .meta {width:100%;}

I can’t see what is causing the trouble. The font-size has been specified as a percentage at the start, which is something I’ve never done before. That could well be why the text appears so small.

By: Tyler Michael Jonsson

Tyler Michael Jonsson — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:55:18 +0000

Michael– Now I am unsure if the print.css is not properly made, or if it is just my browser settings.

When I go to print preview in FireFox– it still (with the adjustment you suggested)

has the text all bunched up in the middle in one straight column… However, if I change the “scale” option in the print preview window to something smaller like 30-50% or so, it all appears to look normal.

Are all of my readers going to intuitively need to know to change this? Or am I just experiencing it as a “not normal” problem?
Thx again for all the help!

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:35:10 +0000

Michael,
Very useful and practical information. Thanks.