Is there any standard way to provide hints to help the printing characteristics of a web page? I am thinking along these lines:<br />
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<meta name="PrintHint" content="PageBreak"><br />
The above would force an immediate page break while printing.<br />
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<meta name="PrintHint" content="StartPageBlock"><br />
stuff and<br />
more stuff<br />
<meta name="PrintHint" content="EndPageBlock"><br />
The above would attempt to keep the info within the Page Block on the same printed page.<br />
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I realize the primary purpose of web pages is to render nicely within a browser window. Still, when someone does print a page, it would be nice if the author could have this kind of control.<br />
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Note that I am not trying to achieve PDF level of page control. I would just like to help enable a table or other set of info to get printed on the same page.<!--content-->I should have checked before posting. CSS2 has a whole "page" infrastructure:<br />
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/page.html">http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/page.html</a><!-- m --><br />
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It looks more complex than what I actually need, but it will probably let me do what I want.<!--content-->
<br />
<meta name="PrintHint" content="PageBreak"><br />
The above would force an immediate page break while printing.<br />
<br />
<meta name="PrintHint" content="StartPageBlock"><br />
stuff and<br />
more stuff<br />
<meta name="PrintHint" content="EndPageBlock"><br />
The above would attempt to keep the info within the Page Block on the same printed page.<br />
<br />
I realize the primary purpose of web pages is to render nicely within a browser window. Still, when someone does print a page, it would be nice if the author could have this kind of control.<br />
<br />
Note that I am not trying to achieve PDF level of page control. I would just like to help enable a table or other set of info to get printed on the same page.<!--content-->I should have checked before posting. CSS2 has a whole "page" infrastructure:<br />
<br />
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/page.html">http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/page.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
It looks more complex than what I actually need, but it will probably let me do what I want.<!--content-->