Netscape printing question....

[Eric Comport]

For Hal Kirkwood:

One answer to Question 1 is an obvious one: use the "Print Preview..."
option in Netscape's File menu.

This is an option available across many applications that is quite handy to
use when paper conservation is of concern.  You can zoom in to see exactly
which pages you want to print.  Once you know which, simply type in the
page range (e.g., 5-8) in the Print dialog box and any other options like
draft mode (save ink!), print back-to-front, etc. and you're set.  You may
have to back out to the "Print" option under the File menu first to do
this.

The downside of this method is that using Print Preview takes a while on
slow machines (like my lowly but cute Mac Color Classic) and it's not
exactly a direct, single keystroke method.  Must be a better way for public
access stations.

I'm curious about the answer to Question 2 myself...

-Eric Comport

>Hello all,
>
>I have a question concerning problems we have with our public-access
>Netscape workstations.
>
>Question 1:  Is there any way to determine the actual number of pages a
>document will be?  And is there a way to determine the exact page number
>for a certain screen?  E.g. if I wanted to print just 'pages' 5-8....and I
>would rather not have to cut and paste.
>
>Question 2:  Is there a way to limit the total number of pages allowed for
>printing...we would like to avoid the problem of a student unwittingly
>trying to print a 50+ page document.
>
>We use both Macs and PCs.
>
>Any help or tips on this would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>-hal
>
>***************************************************************
>Hal Kirkwood                  hkirk at uno.cc.geneseo.edu        *
>Assistant Librarian                                           *
>Fraser Library ---- Business/Computer Science/Math            *
>S.U.N.Y. at Geneseo    1 College Circle    Geneseo, NY 14454  *
>Work#716/245-5334            Fax#716/245-5003                 *
>My opinions do not represent the university.                  *
>Personal Home Page  http://137.238.50.66/~hal/hal.html        *
>***************************************************************

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Eric Ramon Comport            \      "'Wile E. Coyote, SUPER GENIUS!'
Info junkie                          /           - I like the sound of
that!!!"
Tucson, AZ                          \                          ---
comport at indirect.com         /       Wile E. Coyote, moments before
                                          \                 train collision.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~