Printing a Page

Printing a Page
To print the current page:

* Select File > Print.

To print selected text:
* Select the text in the current page.

* Select File > Print. The print dialog box will appear.

* Under Print Range, click Selection.

The web page's author and the size of the printed page, not the size of the onscreen window, determine placement of content on the printed page. Text iswrapped and graphics are repositioned to accommodate paper size.

Using Print Preview
To have an early look at how a page will look before it is printed, you can use Print Preview:

* Select File > Print Preview. In Print Preview, you can do the following with pages you want to print:
* View a preview of each page: Click the Next, Previous, First, or Last button to move between pages.

* Change the scale (size) of pages: In the Scale drop-down menu, choose "50%" to make each page half the size of the original page.
To automatically resize pages so that they fit the width of the paper, choose "Shrink to Fit". You can also type in your own percentage by choosing "Custom...".

* Change the orientation of the page: Choose Portrait to position the page with the shorter side facing up. Choose Landscape to position the page sideways with the longer side facing up.

* Go to Page Setup: Click Page Setup to further customize pages you want to print.

* Go to Print: Click Print to print the pages.

Using Page Setup
Note: Some Page Setup functions are different or unavailable on Mac OS and Linux.

To customize how pages are printed in Firefox, you can use Page Setup:

* Select File > Page Setup.

In Page Setup, you can change the following settings for pages you want to print:

* Format & Options: Choose the orientation, scale, and other options:

o Orientation:

# Portrait: Choose this to position the page normally, with the shorter side facing up.

# Landscape: Choose this to position the page sideways, with the longer side facing up.

* Scale: Type in a percentage of the original size. For example, type "50" to make each page half the size of the original page.

* Shrink To Fit Page Width: Select this to automatically resize the page to the width of the paper.

# Options:

* Print Background (colors and images): Select this to print background images and colors. If unselected only pictures and color in the foreground (in front) are printed.

* Margins & Header/Footer: Click this tab to set up margins, headers, and footers:

o Margins:

+ Top, Bottom, Left, Right: Type a margin in the given units for the top, bottom, left, and right margins.

o Headers & Footers: Each drop-down list represents either a header or a footer area. The top row of drop-down lists are for the left, center, and right header areas. The bottom row are for the left, center, and right footer areas. In each drop-down list, choose one of the following options:

+ --blank--: Show nothing in this area.

+ Title: Show the web page title.

+ URL: Show the web page URL (URL's usually start with "http://").

+ Date/Time: Show the date and time when the web page is printed.

+ Page #: Show the page number of each page.

+ Page # of #: Show the page number along with the total number of pages. For example, if you print a five page web page, "3 of 5" would be shown on the third page.

+ Custom: Type your own text. You can include any of the following codes to print specific information:
# &PT: Page Number with Total (Example: "3 of 5")

# &P: Page Number

# &D: Date
# &U: URL

# &T: Page Title

Tip: To see a preview of changes made to Page Setup, use Print Preview.