Posted by william.clarke@gmail.com on 12/16/05 00:13

It's a browser printing setting issue, not a php or HTML issue. I
believe most browsers default to not printing background colours.

Check out this article:
http://nemesis.lonestar.org/site/color_tips.html

It covers most browsers including Safari, Netscape, IE and Mozilla

eg.
Setting Changes for Netscape Navigator 6.x - All Platforms
Under the Edit button, select Preferences. Then click on Appearance so
that it expands/explodes, and then click on Colors.
On the Colors panel, locate the section labeled "Sometimes a document
will provide its own colors and background." Make sure that "Always use
the colors and background specified by the web page" is checked. Then
press Ok.

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