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Printer-Hostile Web Pages

I admit it. I like to print web pages out on paper. The 1200 dpi of the printed page is simply easier on the eye than the 92 dpi of the screen.

And nothing frustrates me more than those web pages that are plain printer-hostile. You know the ones: You print out a few pages, walk all the way to the printer, pick up the print out, go back to your seat and start to read. Then, you discover that every line is missing a few words near the right margin.

I emailed webmasters, often without response. I received a response once suggesting that I print their pages in landscape mode.

Fortunately, Mozilla comes with a tool called the Composer. It's an HTML editor. Now every time I want to print a page, and I suspect that it might be printer-hostile, I simply highlight and copy the portion I want (usually in a table cell), and paste into the Composer. I can then print from there.

Thank you, Mozilla, for the Composer.

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