Today I am going to describe “How to create custom CSS template for printing”.
Designing Custom CSS Template for Printing
If you wanted to allow your website visitors to print the content of your website, you can design custom template for printing using CSS. You can define which part or your website will be printed or not and can add page setting for printing.
Here is a sample CSS code for website template.
body{ background:#00aaff; font-color:#00000; font-size:16px; } h1, h2, h3 { /* CSS codes for h1, h2, h3 */ } #wrapper{ width:80%; margin: 0 auto; background:#fff; padding:20px; } #content{ width:54%; float:left; margin-right:3%; } #header{ width:100%; margin-top:2%; } #sidebar-left{ width:20%; float:left: margin-right:3%; } #sidebar-right{ width:20%; float:left; } #footer{ width:100%; }
While printing you can hide default header, menu and sidebar using CSS codes. Here is a sample CSS code for printing webpage.
body{ background:#00aaff; font-color:#00000; font-size:16px; } h1, h2, h3 { /* CSS codes for h1, h2, h3 */ } #wrapper{ width:80%; margin: 0 auto; background:#fff; padding:20px; } #header{ display:none; } #content{ width:100%; clear:both; margin-right:3%; } #sidebar-left{ display:none; } #sidebar-right{ display:none; } #footer{ display:none; }
Place the above CSS code inside media queries for printing as below.
@media only print and (orientation:portrait) {
/* Add CSS code here for printing on portrait mode */
}
@media only print and (orientation:landscape) {
/* Add CSS code here for printing on landscape mode */
}
Adding Printing function and icon
Add the following HTML code where you want to place print icon.
<a href="javascript:window.print()"> Print this page </a>
Using this code the print link looks like as below Print this page
<a href="javascript:window.print()"> <img src="print.jpg"></a>
<form><input type="button" value="Print This" onclick="window.print()"></form>
Using this code the print button looks like as below