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Browser printing oddity

  Date: Nov 26    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 383
  

I noticed some time back (back in the 8.* Ubuntu's, IIRC) that printing
from Firefox would sometimes cause the top quarter or so of some lines
of text to not be printed. I've just noticed that Konqueror does the
same. For any given web page, the printing is consistent - the same
lines get cut-off each time - but Konqueror cuts-off different lines to
Firefox. The problem does not affect all pages - but if Firefox does it
to a page, then Konqueror does it too and if Firefox doesn't do it, then
neither does Konqueror - and it seems that the simpler the page (ie no
CSS, JavaScript, etc.) the more likely it is to occur - but this is by
no means a hard and fast rule.

If I do a simple select-all/copy/paste-as-HTML of the page into
OpenOffice Writer, the page prints without any problems and I have no
problems printing from other applications, so this does seem to be a
browser problem rather than an OS or printer error.

So, my question is this - has anyone else noticed this happening and
does anyone know what might be causing it?

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4 Answers Found

 
Answer #1    Answered On: Nov 26    

I have not had this problem on Kubuntu 10.10. However, FF will often only
print the first page of a long html document and truncate it. The fact that
it is happening with browsers and not other programmes may have something to
do with encoding and how the application deals with it. That is only a guess
as I have seen nothing like this myself. I might try another browser and see
if it repeats itself with that, say Chromium or Rekonq (which is part of
Kubuntu, but uses webkit and not khtml as Konqueror does). FF uses gecko. If
all three engines produce the same error then I would think that it is
something else.

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Nov 26    

Most have noticed it. The problem is not the browser but the CSS, the
content is styled for the computer display not a printer. Some websites
have a CSS style sheet to make the content printer friendly, others
don't. This same senario applies to mobile content that uses a CSS file
to format content for a mobile device. Your cut and paste approach is
the same method I use to print content I want a hard copy of to make
reading easer for me. What you loose is the look and feel the designer
wanted you to experience.

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Nov 26    

How about if you print to PDF? You might need to install cups-pdf to try that
out.

What brand and model of printer?

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Nov 26    

I hadn't thought of that, thanks. I'll give it a try when I have a few
minutes.

The printer is an HP OfficeJet 6310.

 
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