Print.css: when does the page load images for this?

Question

I have a print.css for an image I don't want on screen, but
instead only for printing (normally set to display:none, and set to
display:block when printing). Works great, but this image is
loaded in any case as far as I know. 2 questions:
1.) Would an image referenced in print.css load only when
printing/previewing?
2.) If so, could a printable (by default, i.e,
non-background) image be loaded here in some way?
Thank you!

Answer 1

> 1.) Would an image referenced in print.css load only
when
> printing/previewing?
I think so, but I'm not sure - so, I built a test page -
http://www.murraytestsite.com/test-print.html
It contains a single image that is display:none in the screen
CSS, and
display:block in the print CSS. Both YSlow and Safari's
Activity window
show the browser as fetching that image. Looks like the
answer is *no* - it
is fetched even when it is not displayed onscreen.
> 2.) If so, could a printable (by default, i.e,
non-background) image be
> loaded
> here in some way?
I don't know what you are asking here.
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"Nick616" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have a print.css for an image I don't want on screen,
but instead only
>for
> printing (normally set to display:none, and set to
display:block when
> printing). Works great, but this image is
loaded in any case as
> far as
> I know. 2 questions:
>
> 1.) Would an image referenced in print.css load only
when
> printing/previewing?
>
> 2.) If so, could a printable (by default, i.e,
non-background) image be
> loaded
> here in some way?
>
> Thank you!
>
> link rel="stylesheet" href="print.css" type="text/css"
media="print">
>