Background Colour showing up on print

m00ch0 · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:43

How do I make a background colour show up on print outs?

Currently the background colour is purple on the website and I want it to print as purple but it prints as white any links that help will be great!

v2^ · 10 Jul 2006 at 10:45

Tools - internet options - Advanced

Then look for print options and click print background and images.

m00ch0 · 11 Jul 2006 at 13:26

I wont it so when people print out my site it prints it out as default without them having to go and into tools isn't there any code?

v2^ · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:08

Not that im aware.

Beansprout · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:12

You do realise how much ink that'd potentially waste :s

Conrad11 · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:25

Beansprout said:
You do realise how much ink that'd potentially waste :s

Also, can you not setup a print css and put the background colour on that, or would that not work?

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:31

surely that would annoy people

Beansprout · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:40

Conrad11 said:
Also, can you not setup a print css and put the background colour on that, or would that not work?

I've never tried because the very idea is absurd o.o...but I'd expect the default option of not printing background colours would apply whether the stylesheet is for screen, print, car door. Could be wrong though

robmiller · 11 Jul 2006 at 15:36

Of course you can do it via code.

Code:

@media print {
    * { background:#f00; }
}

iCraig · 11 Jul 2006 at 15:58

Easy to do. Daft to do it.

It wastes ink and slows printing time down. Websites are usually printed off for their content, not their style.

m00ch0 · 11 Jul 2006 at 16:25

It's for a business site and the people that will be printing it out will be large businesses and it'll look a lot more professional but it isnt the main background its a background inside a div tag!.

I dont think that they'll really care about small amounts of ink!

Thanks robmiller for that I'll try to do it later got other things to do currently

Sirrel Squirrel · 11 Jul 2006 at 18:17

Most large businesses use black and white laser printers so they probably wouldn't be able to read the text if the background was printed as well.

toString · 11 Jul 2006 at 20:16

Very true. And even though most do have colour printers, no one actually uses them for printing out a website.

m00ch0 · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:06

true well I'll have to test it on black and white then maybe have an option

Beansprout · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:17

Ever heard the phrase "printer friendly format"

If you want a full-colour page then create a PDF version of whatever it is and offer that for download