@media print css tag

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@media print css tag

I am using the @media print rule to present my data in a printable format (letter size). The problem I am having is Safari shrinks the output to about 1/4 of the desired size. It works fine in IE and Firefox.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Dell Optiples 745, Windows XP

Posted on Jan 14, 2009 10:51 AM

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atorreno

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Feb 12, 2009 7:41 AM in response to bd10014

yup, I've seen this as well. I had to create a print stylesheet, and I provided css styles in inches that Safari didn't respect. Everything was smaller than I had defined.

After a bit of experimentation, it turns out that Safari is subtracting the user-defined page margins (1 inch on all sides by default), rendering the page as if it was 8.5 x 11 wide, and then scaling it to fit in the printable area.

Extremely lame.

Does anyone know where I can report bugs?

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iBod

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Feb 12, 2009 7:49 AM in response to atorreno

Does anyone know where I can report bugs?

Sorry, not using Windows here, but there's probably a 'Report Bugs to Apple...' menu option under either the File or Help menus (there is under the OS X version at least).

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