Headers printing in Google Chrome
by Jacob on Sep.11, 2008, under Technical
I have a project which requires me to print from a web browser. Firefox wasn’t printing things very correctly, which prompted me to consider printing through Google Chrome.
Google Chrome did a reasonable job at rending the pages, but it has one problem. It wants to print headers on the top and bottom of all the pages including: the url, the page title, the date, and the page number. For my print job, I don’t want to reveal all that information, and I would prefer to print my pages without it.
In Firefox, I am given a Page Setup option from the File menu where I can customize headers, footers, and margins for printing. I cannot find any such option in Google Chrome.
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1 comment for this entry:
September 20th, 2008 on 4:46 am
I agree. Our application also requires the ability to remove the headers and footers. We print customer receipts and labels on narrow paper on specialized printers. Every other browser (IE, FF, Opera, Safari) works correctly. Chrome’s headers and footers wrap around, causing extra lines and form feeds. I’ve written to the Google development team several times suggesting that if they’re serious about creating a browser for business applications through the web, the ability to allow an application to format the printed page is crucial, not just a nicety.