if we are providing a seperate "printer friendly page" for each page of site then do we need to use print media css in site?

Question

if we are providing a seperate "printer friendly page" for each page of site then do we need to use print media css in site?

only screen css is enough in this case?

Answer 1

That is correct, as printer-friendly pages are meant to be previewed in a web browser and not with the browser's Print Preview function.

Answer 2

You don't need to use print CSS, but you should.

It's the smart way to do "printer friendly" pages, anyway -- you don't need to do any extra coding.

Many users never see or use "Print" or "Printer-friendly" buttons either. It's much more natural just to hit Control-P.

I've never had a user complain that the ads, banners, and menus disappeared when they printed a page. ;-)

ETA:
Some helpful tips for print CSS are found at this Stack Overflow question.