How do I get web page to print A4 size?

gord115

This might seem daft but everytime I try to print off a web page it is too large to fit on the paper. I know it must be something simple but I can't seem to sus it. Help!

startrekker

What browser are you using?

gord115

Internet explorer

gord115

Yeah internet explorer

-TangleFoot-

gord115 wrote:

Internet explorer

If that's Internet Explorer 7, the solution is just a few clicks away:

IE's printing capabilities have always been an embarrassment, with most Web printouts magically erasing the rightmost third of each document. But no more: In IE 7, Microsoft has fixed virtually every single IE printing problem, and it's now as easy to use as it should have been four or eight years ago. If you just click the Print Command Bar button, you won't see any changes: The current document just prints to the default printer as you'd expect. Likewise, choosing File and then Print will also result in a similar experience to what you see in IE 6: You get the Print dialog box.

To see the IE 7 printing changes, you need to go into Print Preview, which is available as an option off the hidden File menu or via the drop-down menu below the Print Command Bar button (Figure). There are a few things going on here. First of all, by default, any print job from IE 7 will be set to the new "Shrink to Fit" option, which finally--FINALLY--lets you fit pages, both vertically horizontally, onto a single page when possible. But wait, there's more. IE 7 also lets you switch between portrait and landscape printing modes. And, with the simple click of a single toolbar button, you can finally remove all header and footer text. Sweet.

This is, perhaps, the one area where I can unequivocally say that Microsoft has finally gotten it completely and utterly right. Nice job.