problem in creating user friendly print page

[raaman rai]

guys, i am stuck in between with reference to the cited subject. Well please check my table below

[HTML]
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<div id="nav">
here the menus are displayed
</div>
<td>
<td class="contents">
here the main contents are displayed
</td>
</tr>
</table>
[/HTML]

I am able to print only the contents part but the contents do not stretch to 100% width. Please advise me here!

[Atli]

I'm moving this over to the HTML / CSS forum.
Please try to post you questions in the appropriate forums!

Thank you.
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[acoder]

guys, i am stuck in between with reference to the cited subject. Well please check my table below

What CSS are you using? Are you using a print style sheet?

[raaman rai]

Yes i am using print style sheet for this purpose.

What CSS are you using? Are you using a print style sheet?

[acoder]

Post the CSS code that you've tried working with.

[raaman rai]

Thankyou somuch for your help but i was able to make it work. But one thing i need to ask i.e why dont the CSS properties for the print region do not work. I mean in my printable region i want the tables and all to retain the styles as it is. Which means even when you print the page the page should have border as well as the subheads background colors appear in the print. I have copied the class required even to my print.css file but it doesnt work. Can i do it?

[acoder]

Thankyou somuch for your help but i was able to make it work.

Can you post how? Someone with a similar problem may benefit.

But one thing i need to ask i.e why dont the CSS properties for the print region do not work. I mean in my printable region i want the tables and all to retain the styles as it is. Which means even when you print the page the page should have border as well as the subheads background colors appear in the print. I have copied the class required even to my print.css file but it doesnt work. Can i do it?

This will depend on browser settings. By default, the background colours are not printed because that would usually be an unnecessary waste of ink. You can change the settings in each individual browser - in other words, let the user decide.