Tips on printing web pages
updated Dec. 22, 2016
When printing pages from this web site you should always use the "Print
Preview" feature of your browser before printing. The following
are options that you should consider. None of the options or browsers
will print the pages as you see them in your browser.
"Print Background" option
If you wish to print any page with
the background texture you should enable the “print
background” in your browser. The results will be different
whether you use a laser or an ink jet printer. All of the background
will print with the ink jet printer (and consume a lot of ink), but
the laser printer may only shade the flat background, not the
parchment backgrounds.
If the background option is not enabled,
the main banner photo on the front page will print, but no banner
photos will be printed on the sub-pages unless that option is
enabled.
"Landscape/Portrait" option
When printing a page, set the Landscape mode, otherwise
the right side of the pages will be truncated. In IE6 there seems to
be no way to get the full page, a slight amount of the right side
will be truncated. See below for Firefox and Opera. Changing the
scale (eg. 75%) will only change how you see the preview, not the
final result.
"Fit to Page"; option
Only Firefox and Opera have this option,
which will squeeze the page to fit in portrait mode, but the pages
will look better in landscape mode. Normal text pages all will size
properly on a printer without this option enabled.
Printing the Gazette
If you are printing the Gazette, you
will get better results with the “Portrait mode” page
orientation. Do not use the “Print Background” option if
you use an ink jet printer. You will just waste ink. The columns on
each printed page will run from one page to the next, as if the
Gazette was one long vertical sheet of paper. My suggestion, just cut
the bottom margins and tape the pages into one long newsletter. The
columns will be of various lengths according to your browser and may
not line up like the web page.
Update:
If you print the mobile
Gazette version, it has no columns and you will have more or
less normal pages, although the thumbnail photos may be scattered
strangely.
Printing the Calendar
Printing the calendar requires previewing the pages before printing. Some
months will require two vertical pages. Each browser is a little
different on printing tables.