TDs background color not visible in print preview

Question

Hi,

I have td like this:

<td align="left" bgcolor="#FF0000">

In browsers, there is a red background color applied to it but when i see print preview of this, there is no red color in the background. also the font color is white but it also gets converted to white when print previewing it.

Anyone knows what can be the reason?

Thanks

Answer 1

The printing of background colors is supported differently by each browser, and it is often off by default. For instance, in Safari, it is an option in the print dialog called "Print Backgrounds". I am not sure where the option is in other browsers.

Answer 2

Try using CSS if you can and if the background doesn't work with the print version specify a print css document.

<link rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="all" /> <link rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" href="print.css" type="text/css" media="print" />

Basic CSS here:


td{ background-color:#FF0000; }