When using print selection in Firefox 12.0, it prints wherever the selection is on the page (on paper) instead of at the top of the page (of paper).
When attempting to use print selection, printing starts in location it starts as on the web page. For example, if it is down half way on web page, it starts printing half way down on printer paper. Then continue on to another paper. This only happens in Firefox, not other browsers. This is really making me want to change default browser so I don't have to keep switching to print correctly. Tried Print Edit plugin but it is to time consuming to do something that should be simple.
Chosen solution
Yes, the print selection feature has been tweaked a few times in recent versions. It was very broken in Firefox 11, and the fix has exacerbated the issue of the position of the selection not moving to the top of the page (which has existed for a long time, but is worse now).
Workarounds
I agree that the Print Edit add-on, which allows very fine control of items on the page, is not the best workaround for this issue because you often have to click many items to get the same selection.
The add-on Nuke Anything Enhanced has the option to remove everything except your selected text from the page. Then you can print normally (i.e., without choosing the Selection bubble). I don't see a feature to undo that, so you would need to reload the page afterwards in order to continue working with it.
Some screen shots illustrating this usage appear below this post.
(Note: from the earlier thread how to get print selection to work, page 2.)
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Try Reset Firefox printer setting and check it again.
thank you
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I tried that and don't have command line print.print_printer.
i have same problem on www.radisan.com
It doesn't matter what site I'm on. Does it on both my PC's running 7 & Vista.
See : Reset all Firefox printer settings and try again.
thanks again
Chosen Solution
Yes, the print selection feature has been tweaked a few times in recent versions. It was very broken in Firefox 11, and the fix has exacerbated the issue of the position of the selection not moving to the top of the page (which has existed for a long time, but is worse now).
Workarounds
I agree that the Print Edit add-on, which allows very fine control of items on the page, is not the best workaround for this issue because you often have to click many items to get the same selection.
The add-on Nuke Anything Enhanced has the option to remove everything except your selected text from the page. Then you can print normally (i.e., without choosing the Selection bubble). I don't see a feature to undo that, so you would need to reload the page afterwards in order to continue working with it.
Some screen shots illustrating this usage appear below this post.
(Note: from the earlier thread how to get print selection to work, page 2.)
Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
ideato, I most be ignorant or blind because I can't find any print setting pertaining to firefox! There are plenty of other printer settings but I won't reset something if I'm not sure about it. Thanks anyway! jscher, I'll try that add-on but seems easier to just use different browser.Seems to me though, Firefox would fix this problem!!!!!!!
Once the bug that leads to a completely blank page with print selection is fully fixed, I hope someone will turn their attention to this problem of positioning the selection on the page. But print bugs historically have taken a long time to fix, so you probably will need a workaround for a while yet.
jscher2000, tried Nuke Anything Enhanced and it worked great! Even printed whole top line, not just half of it! Thanks a million!