Why won't Firefox let me print web pages on my Mac? Safari works fine...

Every time I try to print a web page or image or anything on Firefox, the printed version comes out mostly blank with things like "file:.... and 2 of 15 and Dates and 11..." in very small letters on the bottom of the page. It is not printing what I want it to at all. I looked on support.mozilla and went to about:config. There was no print.print_printer option for me to choose when I typed it in the filter field, and all of the rest of the print options there was available, the reset option was unavailable to click (it was all grey). Now what do I do? I need to use Firefox because one of the websites I need to use only uses the Firefox browser for Mac. Help please??

Hi funkyjeans-
I would suggest altering your printing preferences for Firefox. There is a Support article that describes how to do that here:
[[Options window - Applications panel]]
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