Cant print colored cells.

teamfox20

I have a template system that changes certain colors on a table depending on what the user selects.... It shows the colors correctly on the final screen, but when you go to send to the printer....it prints everything but the colored cells....its all white... anyone know why?

YAOMK

It could be your css, make sure you are not applying styles that hide the content when presented as print media.

teamfox20

im sorry maybe this is why i am having this problem...what should i do to check it?

the color actually is a echo from the previous page, depending on which radio button the user selects.

$colhold = $_POST['colhold']; // posts the color code.

This is how i change the cell color in the table.

<td width="10" height="771" rowspan="3" bgcolor=<?php echo $colhold; ?>>&nbsp;</td>

YAOMK

Ahh try enclosing it with quotes:

<td width="10" height="771" rowspan="3" bgcolor="<?php echo $colhold; ?>">&nbsp;</td>

Weedpacket

Okay, so you're not actually using CSS (pity, because then at least there would be the potential to use @print media styles).

Thing is, most browsers deliberately do not print coloured or patterned backgrounds, because they usually look rubbish on paper. If you look in your browser's printer options for page setup there will probably be an option to turn that on or off.

teamfox20

weedpacket...your solution was correct....

To prevent my users from having this issue without having each one go in there and change it how can i do it prints all that?

Using the table below, i know how to attach css styles but how would i pass the color values?

<table border="1" width="50%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="226">
<tr class="CSS STYLE">
<td>HOW TO USE CSS TO COLOR THIS CELL</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>