Can I remove the URL from my print css, so the web address doesn't print?

Question

Hi, I have written some stylesheets, including a print.css and it's working fine. I'd like to remove the URL from printing out on each of the pages. Is there an element/option that I can set to display:none to do this?

The reason is that the specific pages that have a 'normal' and 'print' stylesheet have been specially formatted so when printed, it forms a meaningful booklet. Therefore the URL is irrelevnat.

I'd tried FAQs on many sites and am beginning to wonder if it is impossible?

thanks

Mark

Answer 1

Sadly, no. The header and footer are generated by the browser. Only the end-user can change the footer - it might be an idea to give the user a step-by-step for each browser what to do. See for example here for a set of illustrated walk-throughs for windows based browsers.

The only alternative I know of is generating PDFs, with which you have full control over the printed output.

Answer 2

If I understand you correctly, you talk about the page headers and footers. They are printed by the browser. They are not part of your HTML content, so you can't influence them directly.

Show your users how to disable headers and footers in the «Page setup...» dialog.

Answer 3

I assume that you are talking about the URL that shows in the footer of the page.

If so, this is set by the browser and it is not something that you can do from your code.

Answer 4

I am not sure but the URL is added by a browser when you want to print. It is not part of the page so can not be affected by CSS. Maybe there is a way but it will be browser dependent.

Answer 5

It depends on your web browser. If you're using Firefox you can adjust or turn off those header and footer lines (URL, page number, etc) by going into File > Page Setup then clicking the Margins & Header/Footer tab.

Answer 6

The headers and footers for printing from browsers is, sadly, a browser preference, not a document-level element that you can style. Refer to my very similar question for further workarounds and disappointment.