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Mar 17.2004

Trying to offer a media=print stylesheet to print a page with a big, 100% width table on it but can’t seem to control the margins on the printed page. Is that doable?

I want to reduce the printed page margins to let the table have all the space it can and so not wrap some of the content but nothing I am doing is influencing them.

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@toicontienMar 17.2004 — The following CSS should control that:
[code=php]
@page { margin: #<unit>; }
[/code]
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@SainkhoauthorMar 17.2004 — Tried that;
[code=php]<style>@page {margin: 1cm}</style>[/code]

Didn't do diddly
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@SamMar 17.2004 — are you sure your printer will even support 1cm margings? thats really small
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@SainkhoauthorMar 17.2004 — [sheepish]

Ahem, well, er no, actually. I just kinda assumed that the printers/browsers of this world would bow to the power of css.

Maybe in a parallel universe....
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@SamMar 17.2004 — I don't know if that's the problem in this case, but my personal printer can't go below a 1/4in
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@DaveSWMar 17.2004 — The @page feature may not be supported by your browser. Which browser are you using?
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@SainkhoauthorMar 18.2004 — It's intended for an intranet and I'm reliably informed that the base spec is IE 5.

If it can't be done, well, it can't be done and there's no harm done.
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@pyroMar 18.2004 — IE5!?! Ouch.
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@fredmvMar 18.2004 — [i]Originally posted by pyro [/i]

[B]IE5!?! Ouch. [/B][/QUOTE]I don't think you even needed to put the "5" there&hellip; ?
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@BonnerMar 18.2004 — Should we be saying @page or @print?

You should also use pt sizing when printing.
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