I have noticed a number of websites (including my own) where the text gets
chopped off when I print the page.

For example, 
http://www.amtechsystems.com/text_templates/record_orders.html

On this page there is a centered table with a width set to 740 pixels.  Yet
when I print, the text on the right is chopped off instead of text wrapped.
I am using IE 5.5 with all the standard defaults (margins .75).  The same
thing happens in Netscape.

I did an experiment on my own and found that when I print tables larger than
670 pixels that's when the cutoff occurs.  This problem only occurs when
printing.  All the sites I see look fine on the monitor regardless of screen
resolution.

I've always thought that I had to design for today's standard of  800x600
resolution.  But it seems to make my pages printable I can't go wider than
670 pixels.

What am I doing wrong?  Is there any way around this?  Is there any code
that will make the text wrap when printing/

Thanks for your help!


Marian Pierre-Louis
mpierrelouis(at)ksec.com

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