printing a page in as per A5 size sheet

[pradeepjain]

Hii guys i want to print a page in an A5 size page ! it has to be done using print.css and what are the parameters for the A5 size page ! any help on this!

[Dormilich]

A5 size is 148 x 210 mm. according to DIN 476.

[pradeepjain]

@Dormilich
How do i start writing css as per A5 page !! i am finding it difficult! any help on this!

[Dormilich]

@pradeepjain
you could try setting the screen dimensions in such a way, that it resembles an A5 page (though there won’t be page breaks), other than that you can only check the print preview for how it looks.

and eventually set the media type of the css to print.

[pradeepjain]

i did find out this document it helped setting the A5 size

http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-page/

but the page margins and all are still not working properly :(

@page {
  size: 8.5in 11in;
  margin: 10%;
 
  @top-left {
    content: "Hamlet";
  }
  @top-right {
    content: "Page " counter(page);
  }
}

i tried out this code from that document the hamlet, and page counter are not appearing, but the properties from the printer are taken like url and all ..how to override all this things from css ??

[Dormilich]

it depends on the CSS3 support your browser offers.

[pradeepjain]

@Dormilich
i am using FF 3.5.2 version!! It has css3 support rite!

[Dormilich]

@pradeepjain
while FF supports CSS3, it still does not fully support it, check the docs to see what properties are not yet supported.

[pradeepjain]

@Dormilich
So is there any way to control whole printer properties and add new headers and footers and margins!!

[Dormilich]

don’t know exactly, but padding and margin should not be a problem.

if you want total control, you might have to use XSL-FO.

mind that a browser is not intended for printing web pages in the first place…

[pradeepjain]

@Dormilich
wokie! my need is to print reports to patients in a A5 size paper with some details from DB . which is the best way ti do it !!!!

[Dormilich]

use a server script to prepare a PDF file.

more info here:
Printing with CSS @ ALA

[pradeepjain]

@Dormilich
which is the best library to use for pdf generation !there are many of it !!

http://www.google.co.in/search?q=php...ient=firefox-a

[Dormilich]

no idea, haven’t used server side PDF creation yet. the article mentiones Prince

[Catz]

For XSL-FO you may also want to use a visual designer such as Ecrion XF Designer, especially if you are a beginner.
When it comes to printed documents, you can have more than 1 type of page.