How to Enable the Print Screen Function Using JavaScript
The document object model in JavaScript provides the functionality to make the action of printing a Web page with a limited amount of coding. Make this small amount of coding available to your website users so they will take advantage of printing their screen, generating better results for your site.
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Instructions
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Open the text editor and insert the following lines of HTML code:
<html>
<body>
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Insert the following line to create the link to print the Web page using JavaScript:
<a href="javascript:window.print()">Print this page</a> -
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Complete the Web page by inserting the following lines of code to close the HTML tags opened in the code from Step 1:
</body>
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Save this file to the "C" drive with the name "test.html."
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Open your Web browser and type "file:///c:/test.html" in the URL bar and press "Enter." The Web page you created will appear in the browser. Click on the link "Print this page" to print the Web page.
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