Printer Freindly Version

Question

I am currently designing a site where each page needs a
printer friendly version. I thought about creating all the pages in
a simple format using CSS and then linking a button from the
complex page to the simple page.
However, I have appeared on this forum before and have been
encouraged to look at this article (I don't expect you busy people
to read it!)
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The article sets a CSS document for the printer friendly
versions. However, when I put a button into my non-printer friendly
version (HTML) how do I make it create a new document with the new
CSS rules? Would I have to use a CSS swapper?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You could -
1. Have two pages (one print friendly, the other not)
2. Have a page with some server scripting that reads a URL
parameter and
chooses the stylesheet accordingly. For example, with PHP,
you could have -
<link href="<?php echo (isset($_GET['print-friendly'])
$_GET['print-friendly'])?'printfriendly.css':'regular.css';
?>"....
3. Have some javascript that does the same type thing, client
side.
I wouldn't like the first choice as a real option since you
are doubling
your work for that page.
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"b a f" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> this discussion may have answered the question for
ForensicBop, but it did
> not
> for me.
>
> I do NOT want the page to automatically use "print.css"
when you send the
> web
> pages to the printer (the reason why is a long story).
>
> therefore, I would like to provide a "printer friendly"
link instead. How
> do I
> make it create a new document with the new CSS rules?
Would I have to use
> a
> CSS swapper?
>
> thanks!
> -b
>