To call up the Print dialogue box directly (bypass File > Print menu) embed javascript:print() in a topic; perhaps in the 'print' skin, to make it easy for users to print the topic with a single click.

<a href="javascript:print()">print this page</a>

produces: print this page

Known to work for (if it works for other browsers too, please add them to the list):

• InternetExplorer and OperaBrowser on Windows;
• Netscape7 on Mac

Another method is to reference a stylesheet which is only used for printing. A CSS aware browser automatically uses the print stylesheet when the user prints the page using the standard mechanism (file > Print)-- which means a trip to the special print skin is no longer needed.

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="/print.css" />

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RichardDonkin, MattWilkie,

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