Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 06/11/07 19:30

Scripsit Mouarf:

> is there a way in an HTML document to specify where the page breaks
> must be when printing to paper?

Use page-break-before: always or page-break-after: always in CSS, for
suitable elements.

> My software application export a report in the HTML format (both text
> and pictures) and I need to ensure the loction of the page breaks on
> paper.

Beware that specifically designated page breaks work well in a controlled
environment only. Issues like font size and paper size variation make it
hazardous in an open environment like the Web. You'll easily end up with
foolish printouts where a new page has just been started automatically, a
few lines printed on a fresh page, and then a page eject takes place because
your CSS code says so.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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