If you just need to know how big a page can be I suggest the following
method...

Check http://www.gracegraphics.be/klanten/pagesize.htm

Print out with background on.  Each square is 10 pixels.  Just count. :)


- Kayjey -
www.fiatcoupe.net





-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
[mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Kehvan M. Zydhek
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:31 PM
To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org; Lisa Bradshaw
Subject: Re: Printing from web page


Lisa,

Good question! Although finding the answer, for my system at least, wasn't
too hard. I built a very simple page with three tables, one at 500px width,
one at 600px width, and one at 700px width. I set the tables for default
output (no page centering, etc) and filled them with two paragraphs, one
using Verdana, one using Courier, with the standard test-text, "The quick
brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs." I then opened the page in my browser
and printed it.

Now, on my system, I found I have 3/4" margins (I'm sure I set that
somewhere, but forget exactly where at this time). With these margins, the
700px wide table was slightly cut off. I measured the margins and found that
the 600px wide table would likely fit your requirements (3/4" on the left,
1.5" on the right, so with 1" margins, 600px should fit comfortably).

As a final test, I printed this same text without a table, and it wrapped at
the margins of the browser AND the page (reformatting for printing). So
unless a table is needed, doing it without is probably the best method.

Since I'm needing to build a page a page that is printable for a site I'm
working on, this information turned out to be very helpful. I'm hoping that
this information proves useful to you as well.

Good luck!
Kehvan M. Zydhek

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Bradshaw" <zibbler(at)web-design-cs.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 07:06
Subject: Printing from web page


> I'm sure this has been asked before. What size do I need to make a table
so
> that a form can be printed from a web page to fit a standard letter sized
> paper with a 1 inch margin all around? I'm guessing about 500 px, but
don't
> know for sure.
>
> TIA,
> Lisa
>
>
>

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