315611 - JavaScript window.print() Doesn't Print Background (but works after opening PP or page setup)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Chris Poirier]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 (ax)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.0.7 (ax)

The page above has a div with a CSS background-color set to #ccc and a javascript window.print() link.
When using the link to print, the background color of the div is not printed, even though the "Print Background" pref is on.
Going to Print Preview or Page Setup and then using the link solves the problem until the next time Firefox is started.

When investigating this error, I noticed that on a co-worker's machine (same specs and same FF version), the JS link caused the print options to be set weird (it would unset the "Print Background" every time, and one time it even printed landscape at 300dpi (not the default settings)).


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ensure that File->Page Setup...->Print Background (colors & images) is checked.
2. Start a fresh Firefox.
3. Go to http://swcconsulting.dreamhosters.com
4. Click the "Print Me!" button, click OK, go to the printer, wait for it to print and it doesn't print the background color.
5. Go to either Print Preview or Page Setup. (Don't have to do anything here, just close the window.)
6. Click the "Print Me!" button, click OK, go to the printer, wait for it to print and it prints the background color properly.


Actual Results:  
Step 4 -> No background color printed.
Step 6 -> Background printed properly.

Expected Results:  
Step 4 -> Background prints properly.
Step 5&6 shouldn't be needed.

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

BTW: When you get a chance, can you test if this is still a problem with FF 1.5 (or a release candidate of it)?

Comment 2

[Chris Poirier]

I just got Firefox 1.5 installed, and this problem does not occur.

Comment 3

[Wayne Mery (:wsmwk)]

do you see this issue still with version 3.6 or 4.0 beta?

Comment 4

[Stephanie Daugherty [:sdaugherty]]

WFM fx 1.5 according to reporters comments in 2005