[WEB4LIB] Re: Can printing from a website be limited?

[Sue Kamm]

Dan Lester wrote:

>   Although I have had patrons ask why certain sites are not printing out.
> > I have presumed that it is often because of the color layout - usually a
> > dark/black background. Whether this is intended to restrict printing or
> > not, I am not sure.
>
> If you print white text on white paper, well.....it is really hard to
> read.  Netscape is troublesome in this way.  Yellow or other light colors
> present the same problem.  But if you use MSIE instead of Netscape, you'll
> get printing of black, regardless of font color.
>

In the _File_ menu for Netscape, there's an option for black text.  You can
instruct users how to set it, or possibly set it as your default.
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Sue Kamm
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