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"Strange" template not printing with CSS style loading

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judleonard says

My “Strange” template does not print correctly. It displays just fine, but when I print or print preview, it prints in a single column with no formatting. It’s as if there is no css file, but only with respect to printing. Can anyone assist?

Here’s the URL test page… www.elizabethleonard.com/index-beth.html

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charlie4282 says

This is just something that happens sometimes:
http://mattmedia.net/2009/12/03/why-your-web-pages-print-badly-and-how-to-fix-them/

There are many many reasons why this can happen, mostly to do with the style sheet. Your best bet is to contact the author and they may have a solution or if not screengrab and print that!
Hope it helps

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digitalimpact says

Try printing this page you’re on now – you’ll see that it’s the same thing. Most sites are not optimized for print, since that’s not their purpose.

Try this:

  • open that HTML page in a text editor.
  • look for <!--Load Stylesheet-->
  • replace media="screen" in those 3 following lines with media="all"

Note: this is just a quick-fix / try, for the best looks you’ll need specific CSS styles for print. What I did above will most likely print the website as is and whoever prints it will hate you, as it will drain their color cartridge :) Read the article Charlie posted above.

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judleonard says

Wow, you guys are very helpful. The media=”all” worked as a quick fix as you said, but did not address everything. I guess I’ll have to forget that idea, or else find a different template. I had never run across this before, so it was a surprise to see it happen.

Thanks for the quick responses, I was out of pocket for a few days, so I couldn’t respond with the appreciation.

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