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phpprinting
suresh kanna
suresh kanna

Reputation: 9

PHP support printer settings?

In VB.net i heard about there is an option to change printer settings like page type and margins. when we want to print contents for a web apps we use javascript window.print() option, but i want to set page settings through php how it is possible?

remember i want to take a print in client machine through browser not in a web server

kindly suggest a solution.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2850

Answers (2)

Álvaro González
Álvaro González

Reputation: 146450

You cannot affect client-side print settings with a server-side language, not even VB.NET. The web server and the browser run in different machines and neither HTML nor client-side JavaScript define such features. You probably heard that in a conversation about desktop applications.

The closest you can get to "exact" printing is generating a PDF file: the site visitor can still choose how to print it but at least he won't be able to change the layout.

Upvotes: 1

deceze
deceze

Reputation: 522085

This is not possible, neither PHP nor Javascript have any influence over the print settings. The best you can do is supply a print stylesheet to change the appearance of a page in print.

Upvotes: 3

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