Printer Friendly Pages Through CSS

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Print It Your Way: This is an article about how to creating your own printable versions of Web pages when there’s no printer-friendly version provided. Essentially your over-ride the designer’s stylesheet with your own.

…what happens when there is no printable version, or the printable version includes ads or other settings that don’t suit you, the user? That’s where user stylesheets come in. Armed with a little CSS knowledge and some web development tools, you can easily create your own print versions formatted exactly the way you want them.

However, this is also a great tutorial on how to create printer-friendly versions of your own site’s pages via CSS.

Deane | June 5, 2004
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