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I got an HTML with the <body onload="window.print()">.

The question I'm trying to ask is:

  • Is there any way to remove the strings that the web browsers add to the printed page?
  • Such as:
    • Web site from where the page was printed
    • Page count
    • Title of the web page
    • Date of printing
nickf
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These a usually browser specific print settings.

In IE & FireFox for example you can go into page setup and change the header and footer details for printing.

I don't think this can be controlled by the web page itself.

Jarod Elliott
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Google Docs is now skirting around this issue by generating a PDF version of your document.

If you are using Chrome, it will automatically open the PDF in a new tab and pop up the print dialog. Other browsers will prompt you to download the resultant file (which is not necessarily obvious behavior).

While I don't find this to be an elegant solution, one should be able to recreate this fairly easily using most existing web technologies.

Courtney Christensen
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You can employ an activeX-plugin if your users uses IE, an example is scriptX from Meadroid: http://www.meadroid.com/sx_intro.asp

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For future reference:

@page {
  margin: 0;
}
@media print {
  footer {
    display: none;
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 0;
  }
  header {
    display: none;
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
  }
}
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Use this css code

@page {
    margin-top: 0cm;
    margin-bottom : 0cm;
}
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