Possible to force printer setup (paper size) in javascript?

Question

I have a need to print pages from a webap on to 8x4 index cards. IE doesn't save print settings from one print to the next, so is there a way to programatically force the print set up?

Answer 1

You can do this in CSS using the @media print directive, no js required. You'll have to calculate what sizes relate to a 4x8 index card and do all the positioning yourself, but it will work. Also, since this is CSS2 it won't work in IE6. (see Joel's comments)

@media print {
  body {
    width: /*width of index card*/
    height: /*height of index card*/
  }
  /* etc */
}