Trying to print pdf through iframe, get error in Firefox

Question

In Chrome it works fine, but in Firefox I get this error:

Error: Permission denied to access property 'print'

My code:

<iframe src="http://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/CV.pdf" id="PDFtoPrint"></iframe>
<a class="" href="#" title="Print CV" onclick="document.getElementById('PDFtoPrint').focus();document.getElementById('PDFtoPrint').contentWindow.print();"></a>

I see this bug on firefox forum.Is it solved?

Any other solutions?

Thanks!

EDIT: on IE I get this error:

SCRIPT65535: Invalid calling object

@ThomasWTupper The document from the `iframe` is on the same website. I put it in the same folder. I tried with `http://` and `http://www.` and I get the same error. According to your link, it should work, right? — Claudiu Creanga, Aug 06 '14 at 21:32
It is almost certainly a security exception. But have you tried the approach here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9616426/javascript-print-iframe-contents-only — Thomas W Tupper, Aug 06 '14 at 21:36
Be careful - I didn't examine it thoroughly, but it looked to me that this is fragile and not working across all browsers. Test thoroughly. — Thomas W Tupper, Aug 06 '14 at 21:45

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 13 '15 at 22:04

Solved it like:

<script>
    function for_print(){
      window.frames["printf"].focus();
      window.frames["printf"].print();
      var newWin = window.frames['printf'];
    }
</script>

<iframe style="display:none;" id="printf" name="printf" src="demo.html"></iframe>
<iframe src="demo.html" id="PDFtoPrint" style="display:none;"></iframe>

Trying to print pdf through iframe, get error in Firefox

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