Auto start print html page using javascript

Question

Is there anyway to automatically run javascript:window.print() when the page finishes loading?

score 141 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 27 '08 at 22:18

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<body onload="window.print()"> or window.onload = function() { window.print(); }

answered Oct 27 '08 at 22:18

Greg

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The second variation is the preferred method. – staticsan Oct 27 '08 at 22:24
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Why not `window.onload = window.print;` – elipoultorak Mar 06 '16 at 14:09
@elipoultorak not this case specifically, but some calls for native functions that are not direct are causing "Illegal invocation" error, so this is generally discouraged so not used as much :) – jave.web Nov 15 '18 at 11:00
@elipoultorak @jave.web `window.onload = window.print.bind();` ;) – Wilhelmina Lohan Apr 18 '23 at 20:19

score 20 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 16 '16 at 13:10

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The following code must be put at the end of your HTML file so that once the content has loaded, the script will be executed and the window will print.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.print();
//-->
</script>

edited Mar 16 '16 at 13:10

Nathangrad

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answered May 06 '12 at 00:19

drftorres

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better to use ` – Spudley May 06 '12 at 17:33
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If that's not in the end of the HTML it will start the printing process before the page is loaded. – fmsf May 07 '12 at 05:53

Daniyal Tariq · Answer 3 · 2018-10-06T15:45:41.190

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Add the following code in your HTML page, and it will show print preview on page load.

<head>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>

<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function () {
    window.print();
});

</script>

edited Oct 06 '18 at 15:45

answered Oct 06 '18 at 15:39

Daniyal Tariq

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 23 '16 at 12:07

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Use this script

 <script type="text/javascript">
      window.onload = function() { window.print(); }
 </script>

answered Aug 23 '16 at 12:07

hojjat.mi

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 09 '20 at 17:48

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If what you want is to open a separate window from the web browser you can use this:

  window.open(basePath + "Controller/Route/?ID=" + param, '_blank').print();

answered Nov 09 '20 at 17:48

DanyMartinez_

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 10 '20 at 01:43

For me, adding <script>window.print();</script> to the end of the page worked.

I didn't need the type="text/javascript" attribute, or even for the page to be wrapped in a <body> tag. However, all of my previous attempts to intuitively use the answers suggested here, of just writing window.onload=window.print or longer versions such as window.onload=()=>window.print(); did not work, and of course calling print on the newly created window does not wait for the contents to load.

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