printing web pages

[James Jay Morgan]

The same question recently came up on the cdplus-l list.  The only answer 
was to preview the doucment using browser features like Netscape's "print 
preview" and count the number of pages.
Jim Morgan
On Wed, 18 Dec 1996 rplref at ptd.net wrote:

> Hello all, (my first posting to web4lib)
> 
> This question has been coming up from our users at the public internet
> terminals.
> 
> We provide laser printers for patrons to print out web pages.  They pay for
> printing after the fact.  Many users have been asking us "how many pages
> will this print out actually be".  By the way, we use fortres on the terminals.
> Is there a way to determine the number of printed pages a web page will
> produce? Can one only print a portion of a long web page?
> 
> Thanks for any input,
> 
> Eileen Stec, reference librarian
> rplref at ptd.net
> Reading Public Library
> Reading, PA
> 
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