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.