[englandmademe]

Hi

I have designed a site for my client which is 752 fixed pixels wide. When I print from my browser (safari) I get the whole page showing in portrait, however the client using Internet explorer on windows (xp, I think) gets some of the right hand side of the screen 'cut off'.

His requirement is to be able to print the whole page without the user having to change page setup to landscape.

There are obviously lots of variables in this such as printer, browser, platform etc but is there anything I can do to guarantee that the whole web page will show up on A4 portrait, other than redesign the every page to a smaller pixel size?

the site is at the address below.

http://www.parallaxstudios.co.uk/brightwater/website

Many thanks.

[larkost]

If you are designing with fixed pixels in mind, then the answer is no. You have to make it smaller, specifically to the size that his printer wants (it will vary printer-to-printer and computer-to-computer depending on settings, drivers, and margins).

However, if you start working with a more flexible model, and use CSS, you can give specific directions for printing that will make your page go from margin to margin on any printer, with any settings. It could even do so when changes from portrait to landscape. Take a look at W3School's reference on it.