Posted by frederick on 04/14/06 19:04

sapanparikh18@gmail.com wrote:
> Well I can specify it "in inch" in HTML code as I am more interested in
> precise printing, doesn't matter if it doesn't shows up exactly of an
> inch on the screen. I am already doing this on different resolution
> computers, but it always prints 1.2428 inches.
Then in principle you need separate stylesheets for print and screen.
Of course, in terms of getting things laid out "exactly", you're still
dependent on other people printing on the same size paper, eg what if
you're using US "letter" size but some of your users will be using A4?
I'm not terribly convinced that two different printers would produce
matching results for such an exact measurement, either, but wiser heads
than mine would know about such things.

Also, there's the wider accessibility issue. If someone needs to
"zoom" the font size on screen, it seems a fairly safe bet that they'd
want/need to do the same when printing the page out!

Finally, do you really need such an extraordinarily precise
measurement? Perhaps you should consider keeping the print version as,
say, a PDF, and letting the screen dimensions being more, well,
flexible?


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AGw.

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