grayscale for B/W printing 1

[RobBroekhuis]

I'm trying to produce a print-ready page that will work on both color and B/W printers. I'm using table cell background colors, and these seem to be ignored on B/W printers. The color I'm using is #AAAAAA (a medium gray). What can I do to make this print?


Rob

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I'm guessing you're uising IE to test?

The default settings for IE are to not print background colours or images.

In IE6, you can change this by clicking:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced, and then checking the box next to "Print background colors and images"

Hope this helps!

Dan

 

[RobBroekhuis]

That figures. Thanks for the heads-up.


Rob

 

[lovejaeeun]

what about NN and Mozilla?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

What about them?

Do they not print background colours by default? I've never tried printing from them. Maybe you can expand on what your problem is.

Dan

 

[Vragabond]

Since this is a common question I have written a FAQ how to print backgrounds in todays browsers:

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?spid=215&newpid=215&sfid=4714

If anyone has a browser that is not covered there and would like to share how to force background printing there I'll be more than happy to add it to the FAQ.