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From: Angela French
Date: Tue, Feb 07 2012 2:15PM
Subject: printing web pages
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Is there anything in any web accessibility guidelines that addresses printing of web pages? I thought there was, but am at a loss to find it now.
Thank you,
Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Tue, Feb 07 2012 4:03PM
Subject: Re: printing web pages
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I don't know if their is anything official, however you can specify a
stylesheet that is called at print.This is done via the media="print"
attribute in <link>. This should hide unneeded stuff like page
headers/footers, and
nav bars; basically linerazing the page. Font sizes should either be
em or %s. You can also add the attribute rel="alternate stylesheet"
also in the <link> to allow people to switch to this stylesheet if
they know about the trick. In IE, Firefox, and Opera you can switch to
these stylesheets, I am not sure about Chrome. Colors should be kept
black and white to minimize both color toner usage, and color vision
issues.
On top of that, a nicely laid out page with headings, paragraphs,
tables, and lists makes it especially easy for me to grab then either
make a large text or Braille version.
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Ryan E. Benson
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Angela French < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Is there anything in any web accessibility guidelines that addresses printing of web pages? I thought there was, but am at a loss to find it now.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Angela French
> Internet Specialist
> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
> 360-704-4316
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>
>