Tim Almond

I recently saw a question on LinkedIn about how to print out the pages of a blog as seen on screen.

This is often a problem when a print-specific style sheet exists for a website - that whilst print-specific style sheets are useful, if you want to print them to show screen layouts, you always end up with the print-specific pages.

One solution is to go into the pages, remove the reference to the print style sheets and go again.

However, there is a less intrusive alternative (it requires Firefox to install).

1. Install Chris Pederick’s Web Developer Add-On. Go to the web developer plug-in download site and choose Install Now. Once installed, you’ll need to restart Firefox. You will now have a new toolbar.
2. Choose the CSS button on the new toolbar, the Disable Styles menu and Print Styles submenu.

Now, when you print, the pages will print as they show on screen.

Tags: Firefox //