force IE to print background-colors

[Felix Natter]

hi,

is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?

I tried to use @media print { ... } to override IE's "print background
colors + images" option, but it doesn't work. Any other idea?

I'd like to avoid relying on the user for setting this option.

thanks,

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Felix Natter

[Steve Pugh]

Felix Natter <fn*****@gmx.net> wrote:

is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?
No. It's a user option.
I tried to use @media print { ... } to override IE's "print background
colors + images" option, but it doesn't work. Any other idea?
As you don't know what sort of printer the user has it's usually best
to be conservative with print stylesheets.
I'd like to avoid relying on the user for setting this option.

Bad luck.

Steve

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[Keith Duncan]

In short I believe the answer is no:
http://www.developer.com/dhtml/article.php/639581

However if approp. you could produce images and/or pdf files - normally
these should print as you wish with layout/colours as designed originally.

**** or you could ***

++++++++++++++
+ try to use text +
+ +
+ as a method of +
+ +
+ styling pages +
+ +
++++++++++++++

***** not so colourful or exciting tho *****

The other thing you should consider is whether the users printer is working
properly.. they maybe running with one colour missing.
;-)
If they are printing using CMYK and there is no Cyan... and your page uses
that colour for background, then they wont see very much ;-)

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Keith
"Felix Natter" <fn*****@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:m3************@werkstatt4.ldc...

hi,

is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?

I tried to use @media print { ... } to override IE's "print background
colors + images" option, but it doesn't work. Any other idea?

I'd like to avoid relying on the user for setting this option.

thanks,

--
Felix Natter

[Philipp Lenssen]

In article <m3************@werkstatt4.ldc>, fn*****@gmx.net says...

hi,

is there a way (html/css/javascript) to force IE to print
background-colors exactly as specified in html/stylesheets?
(...)

This ActiveX component might help:
http://www.meadroid.com/sx_intro.asp

It allows you more complete control over such things as background-color
printing, provided the user allows the component to run.