And lo, Jon didst speak in alt.www.webmaster:

> Hi all!
>
> While building a printable six month calendar I'm trying to solve a
> difficult problem, namely printing background CSS colors. Let me first
> tell you what I have tried:
>
> Since "every" browser will remove background color, the route to
> success will lie in something else that does get printed.

I don't know if this has been mentioned already in this thread, but
"every" graphical browser I have used has had a selectable option to
enable printing of background images and colours. By default, all of them
have this feature disabled to save printer ink.


IE: Tools >> Internet Options >> Advanced >> Printing >> "Print background
colors and images"

Firefox: File >> Page Setup >> Format & Options >> Print Background
(colors & images)

Opera: File >> Print Options >> Print Page Background


Don't bother creating a different version which forces the issue. Just
tell your customers how to enable and disable the printing of background
colours and images in their respective browser, then let them make their
own choice when printing the calendar.

Also remember that you can enforce specific CSS styles for printing with a
print media stylesheet. Combine this with IE conditional comments and you
can make background images appear or disappear, or switch them from 8-bit
(PNG) to 1-bit (GIF) transparency depending on the browser being used to
print.

Grey

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