Dreamweaver - Printing on 8 1/2" x 11" (k)

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Printing on 8 1/2" x 11" (k)

W. Kirk Lutz

2004-04-28, 10:29 pm

My client is a little PC challenged. When she prints the homepage of the
site, it gets cut off on the right hand side. This is a settings issue in
her browser, but since she experienced it, feels others will too.

What is the maximum pixels that'll print on an 8 1/2" wide piece of paper?

Looks like the site will be changing from a version that expanded and
contracted with the browser window to a fixed width version.

-Kirk

Murray *TMM*

2004-04-28, 10:29 pm

It's about 640 pixels. But 100% pages will print OK too.

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"W. Kirk Lutz" <kirkebay@toadmail.com> wrote in message
news:BCB58CFC.1F357%kirkebay@toadmail.com...
> My client is a little PC challenged. When she prints the homepage of the
> site, it gets cut off on the right hand side. This is a settings issue in
> her browser, but since she experienced it, feels others will too.
>
> What is the maximum pixels that'll print on an 8 1/2" wide piece of paper?
>
> Looks like the site will be changing from a version that expanded and
> contracted with the browser window to a fixed width version.
>
> -Kirk
>

darrel

2004-04-28, 10:29 pm

> What is the maximum pixels that'll print on an 8 1/2" wide piece of paper?

It depends on how the OS/printer translates screen resolutions to physical
measurements.

Macs used to use 72 pixels = 1printed inch. I think it's an option now to
use 72 or 96 pixels per inch.

if you figure LCD, and go with the 72 figure, and 1/4" page margins, you
get:

8.5 " - .5" (margins) = 8"

8 x 72 = 576 pixels total.

Your better bet is to use flexible width page designs, or implement a print
style sheet.

-Darrel

W. Kirk Lutz

2004-04-28, 10:30 pm

I have a flexible page design. Why it isn't printing on her printer, I don't
know.

I think she has her page setup screwy. It should print fine and does on
every computer I try it on.

-Kirk

On 4/28/04 4:56 PM, in article c6p5of$fh8$1@forums.macromedia.com, "darrel"
<notreal@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> It depends on how the OS/printer translates screen resolutions to physical
> measurements.
>
> Macs used to use 72 pixels = 1printed inch. I think it's an option now to
> use 72 or 96 pixels per inch.
>
> if you figure LCD, and go with the 72 figure, and 1/4" page margins, you
> get:
>
> 8.5 " - .5" (margins) = 8"
>
> 8 x 72 = 576 pixels total.
>
> Your better bet is to use flexible width page designs, or implement a print
> style sheet.
>
> -Darrel
>
>