css-print-framework
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Simply include the right stylesheet(s) in your html and load it only for a printer.
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Css Print Framework
Simply include the right stylesheet(s) in your html and load it only for a printer.
$ npm install css-print-frameworkBasic Usage
Load css into <head> like this:
<!-- Load print.css for happy printing -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="print.css">
<!-- Set page size here: A5, A4 or A3 -->
<!-- Set also "landscape" if you need -->
<style>@page { size: A5 }</style>Set the class of <body> and also set "sheet" for each sheet.
<!-- Set "A5", "A4" or "A3" for class name -->
<!-- Set also "landscape" if you need -->
<body class="A5">
<!-- Each sheet element should have the class "sheet" -->
<!-- "padding-**mm" is optional: you can set 10, 15, 20 or 25 -->
<section class="sheet padding-10mm">
<!-- Write HTML just like a web page -->
<article>This is an A5 document.</article>
</section>
<!-- The title will be on a new page -->
<h1 class="break-before">My title</h1>
<p class="break-after">I will break after this paragraph</p>
<!-- Break here, the next paragraph will be on a new page -->
<p>I am on a new page</p>
<!-- Avoid break inside -->
<div class="avoid-break-inside">
<img src="image.png" />
<p>I really don't want this part to be cut</p>
</div>
</body>All available page sizes is listed below:
- A5, A5 landscape
- A4, A4 landscape
- A3, A3 landscape
- letter, letter landscape
- legal, legal landscape
Comparisons
type | expression | learning cost | editable | in-browser | multipage :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- HTML | Enough | already known | No | OK | ~100 pages * SVG | Enough | not so difficult | No | OK | PDF | Perfect | difficult | No | NG | no limit ** Excel | Not cool | sigh | Yes | NG | uncontrollable