RE: [css3] Specification Print Rules

Fyi, in general, printers with XHTML processing embedded will commonly interpret margins of 0 on all sides as a request to do "full-bleed" printing, which usually involves the loss of some pixels off the edge of the page.

Melinda 

-----Original Message-----
From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Christoph Päper
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 9:57 PM
To: www-style@w3.org
Subject: Re: [css3] Specification Print Rules


Jens Meiert:
> 
>   margin: 0 0 0 8.5em !important;
> 
> The evil is located in the print specific rule for the "body" element.
> 
> (and I don't even want to think about disabling CSS, saving any file 
> locally, or anything else you thought your audience would do).

Perhaps they wanted everyone to put something like

   @media print {body {margin: 0 !important}}

into their user stylesheets.

Received on Tuesday, 14 June 2005 15:15:48 UTC