My web page won't print

[J McGinnity]

For some reason my web page won't print at all in Internet Explorer, and only
part of it will print in Firefox & Netscape. I am running IE version 6.0 and
Frontpage 2003. My page is http://www.jemsystems.com/ICPtemplate.htm. Does
anyone know how I could fix this?

 

[Windsun]

You appear to have a few problems on the page:

"Failed validation, 105 errors" from http://validator.w3.org/

 

[J McGinnity]

Okay, I fixed all of the errors according to W3, but it actually made a few
things worse (links won't work and the page looks funny in both Netscape and
Firefox). I also did a browser compatability check in Front page, and
everything looks fine except a few things that contradict with what W3 was
telling me (should I trust W3 or Front Page?).
Sadly, the page still won't print in any browser.

 

[Windsun]

The links work except for the on-page ones where the targets are not
specified. Not sure why it won't print.

 

[Steve Easton]

Two things that need fixing:

You have the entire page enclosed in form tags, instead of just the drop
down search box.

The opening form tag needs to be just before <select>
and the closing form tag needs to be just after</select>

Also, for the search box you need to change:
onchange="jump(this.form)"
to:
onclick="jump(this.form)"

Because people who navigate with the keyboard will never get past Computers
when they tab to the drop down and hit the down arrow.
Try it, you'll see what I mean.

onclick will work for both the mouse and the enter key from the keyboard.

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[Tom J]

The links work except for the on-page ones where the targets are not
specified. Not sure why it won't print.

Oh, they'll print on my printer, that is, about 2/3rd of the page. My
printer also has a setting to "make it fit" that will print it all.
The web pages are too wide for 95% of the printers in use. That's the
problem. Many printers balk when the stuff to be printed is too wide.
If he wants everybody to be able to print, he'll need to get the pages
down to a fixed width of around 624 pixels. That's what works for me
without complaint on print ready pages.

Tom J

 

[J McGinnity]

Thanks for your help, I fixed all of that now. It still won't print,
however. It's all mangled in Firefox and Netscape too, since I did the W3
fix-ups. I also tried re-sizing the page, but it hasn't helped. How
frustrating.

 

[J McGinnity]

Can anyone help me with this at all? I've tried a bunch of things as you may
notice in the responses. Any ideas will be much appreciated!

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Appears some of your div styles are preventing it
- try removing them selectively (especially the huge heights)

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| Can anyone help me with this at all? I've tried a bunch of things as you may
| notice in the responses. Any ideas will be much appreciated!
|
|
| "J McGinnity" wrote:
|
| > For some reason my web page won't print at all in Internet Explorer, and only
| > part of it will print in Firefox & Netscape. I am running IE version 6.0 and
| > Frontpage 2003. My page is http://www.jemsystems.com/ICPtemplate.htm. Does
| > anyone know how I could fix this?
| >