Gosh - I didn't know that! Print stylesheet anomaly

Question

I have a page with a masthead as a background image. The
client wants it to
print, which of course it does not as a background image.
So, I put a second instance of the image right above the
</body> tag, made
it position:absolute, with top:0 and left: 0; and
display:none. In the
print stylesheet, I made it display:block. It works
beautifully, but on
pages that are long, it appears at the top of the LAST page,
not the first
page. What the heck?
To see this, go here -
http://www.vonculinassociates.com,
go to the services page, and do a print
preview.
(this is very much a site in progress)
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Answer 1

Yes, I know about printing background images.
Pay attention now! 8)
I have an image that is absolutely positioned at 0, 0, with
display:none in
the screen stylesheet and display:block in the print
stylesheet, so that
it's visualized when the page is printed. BUT, the 0, 0
positioning is not
appearing on the print preview where I would expect it to.
Rather than
being at the top of page 1, it's at the top of page 3 or
whatever is the
last full page to print.
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"Baxter" <baxter(remove:-)@gtlakes.com> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> You can use divs with absolute positioning and filled
with an img, all
> with
> a z-index that puts it behind the content. The images
will print and look
> like a background. Background by themselves are under
user control and
> nothing you can do with CSS will change that. Sorry
>
> Dave
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Thanks, but it is a problem - I can't do that for
everyone viewing the
> page.
>> The question was not how can I make background
images print. It was how
> can
>> I make a page that will print an image to fill that
gap. I had no idea
> that
>> my approach would be so badly mangled by the
browsers. Is my approach so
>> goofy?
>>
>> --
>> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>> Adobe Community Expert
>> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do
so!)
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>>
>>
>> "Baxter" <baxter(remove:-)@gtlakes.com> wrote
in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Murray,
>> > Its a browser setting issue. go to tools
advanced and check print
>> > background
>> > image and you have no problem.
>> > Dave
>> > "Murray *ACE*"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> >> I have a page with a masthead as a
background image. The client wants
> it
>> > to
>> >> print, which of course it does not as a
background image.
>> >>
>> >> So, I put a second instance of the image
right above the </body> tag,
>> >> made
>> >> it position:absolute, with top:0 and left:
0; and display:none. In
>> >> the
>> >> print stylesheet, I made it display:block.
It works beautifully, but
> on
>> >> pages that are long, it appears at the top
of the LAST page, not the
>> >> first
>> >> page. What the heck?
>> >>
>> >> To see this, go here -
>> >>
>> >>
http://www.vonculinassociates.com,
go to the services page, and do a
>> >> print
>> >> preview.
>> >>
>> >> (this is very much a site in progress)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>> >> Adobe Community Expert
>> >> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when
you do so!)
>> >> ==================
>> >>
http://www.dreamweavermx-templates.com
- Template Triage!
>> >>
http://www.projectseven.com/go
- DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
>> >>
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs,
Tutorials & Resources
>> >>
http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/
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>> >> ==================
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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