Re: background-print

On 08/11/2011 08:36 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>
> It's the color-adjustment that really clinches the fact that we can't
> solve this solely by fiddling with 'background'.  This really is a
> separate control with unique behavior, and has to be addressed with
> its own property (or some other entity, like an @-rule).  I still
> suggest:
>
> printer-safe-colors: _prefer_ | avoid;
>
> The "prefer" value biases the UA toward suppressing backgrounds and
> adjusting text colors so as to save ink.  The "avoid" value biases the
> UA against that.  The user still has the ultimate choice; this is just
> a suggestion, moreso than most other properties.

I think 'auto' would be a better alternative option than 'avoid', since
the user can set backgrounds to print, and very well might for certain
"printers", e.g. print-to-PDF.

~fantasai

Received on Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:17:45 UTC