How to open a link new tab with print command?

Question

I have a hyperlink with contains third party website link. I want to open this link in new tab with print command. How can i do this? Suppose:

<a href="www.google.com" target="_blank">Print</a>

Note: I know how to open a link in new TAB/Window. I want to know how to open with PRINT DIALOG.

Nikola · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-25T07:04:52.120

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You could try something like this:

<a href="javascript: w=window.open('http://yoursite.com/LinkToThePDF.pdf'); w.print(); w.close(); ">print pdf</a>

edited Sep 25 '13 at 07:04

answered Sep 05 '12 at 08:43

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I have a web PDF link. i want to open this link in new tab. I can open it in new tab. New tab now display PDF file in browser. Now i want to open this link in new tab with Print Dialog Open. – Sandy Sep 05 '12 at 08:52
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Try if this works then: `print pdf` – Nikola Sep 05 '12 at 08:56
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I found that it worked better without the `w.close();` – jon Aug 07 '16 at 12:22
but when i put a php or html page, browser just print a blank page. `print pdf` – h1h2 Dec 01 '20 at 21:45

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 27 '21 at 12:49

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This method works well for me.

<a href="/url/" onclick="window.open(this.href).print(); return false">

edited Oct 27 '21 at 12:49

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answered Aug 28 '17 at 16:55

Collin Anderson

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 08:23

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There is no way for a website to cause a browser to load a third party website and display the print dialog for it automatically.

answered Sep 05 '12 at 08:23

Quentin

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '17 at 16:24

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<img src="print.png" style="cursor:hand" onclick="window.frames['pact'].print();"><iframe name="pact" src="pact.pdf" width="0" height="0" frameborder="0"></iframe>

answered Feb 07 '17 at 16:24

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This works nicely, that it stays on the same page, opening an unseen iframe does not seem so desirable always. – tristanbailey Mar 01 '17 at 16:28

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 20 '19 at 14:03

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This absolutely worked for me. I'm coding a site in Angular 6.

<a href="doc.pdf" onClick="window.print(); return false">Print</a>

Here's my source (enter link description here) but watch out for double quotes in the originak source.

:)

answered Feb 20 '19 at 14:03

Mr. Benedict

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Actually this prints the page instead of the PDF file – Mr. Benedict Feb 20 '19 at 14:06

score -4 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 05 '12 at 07:45

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This is depend on your browsers, you can enable the tab for new link, If you are using Firefox you can enable the tab using Firefox -> Options -> options -> open a new windows in a new tab instead option

answered Sep 05 '12 at 07:45

Sujanth

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Thanks for quick response.I just want to know open in new tab with PRINT DIALOG. – Sandy Sep 05 '12 at 08:23
do you want to keep the PRINT text on the new tab or previous tab? – Sujanth Sep 05 '12 at 08:40
do not want to keep this text in new tab only print dialog. – Sandy Sep 05 '12 at 08:49
You can't set the print dialog, because the print command is being sent directly from the PDF application and not the browser(which the JS interacts with) – Sujanth Sep 05 '12 at 09:08
If you are using php, javascript you can.PDFs have Javascript support. you need to have auto print capabilities when a PHP-generated PDF was created and you need to use FPDF to get it to work: http://www.fpdf.org/en/script/script36.php – Sujanth Sep 05 '12 at 09:11
check this one also http://www.ehow.com/how_7352227_use-javascript-print-pdf.html – Sujanth Sep 05 '12 at 09:15

How to open a link new tab with print command?

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