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Enlarge the font size when printing webpage via FireFox

I try to print the following page from FireFox:

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/

However, the printed characters are too small be be recognized. If I zoom the page size to 110 or more, then some part of the page will be truncated. So zoom the page in the print setup page is not a desirable solution.

I can enlarge the font in the displayed webpage by Ctrl + "+", but that is only for display. The printed font size is still very small.

Is there any solution for this? I try to search online, one solution is to use userContent.css as www.myfirefox.co.uk/tips--tricks/print-size , but that does not work for me.

I am using FireFox 14.0.1 under Windows XP

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Dave Baldwin

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chcw

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Thanks. However, 10pt for me is still too small for me to read it. Are there any other solutions?

Dave Baldwin

That isn't the only option. Did try any other sizes?

chcw

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I try to zoom the page when printing. But if zooming too large, then the right part of the page will be truncated. Actually only when I set the zoom rate to 70%, all the contents can be printed without truncation. But in that way, the font size is too small.

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Ess Kay

Try this

Click on the page

Press CTRL+A (select all)
then CTRL+C (copy)

open microsoft word, set the magins to narrow

press CTRL+V (paste)

Adjust font to your liking

hope that helps

chcw

ASKER

I finally solve the problem by:

1. Use the landscape direction to print the page.

2. Enlarge the page by 110%

3. Use a FireFox plugin called PrintEdit to remove some labels in the page that will overlap with the normal texts.

Thanks and hope my solution can help the other.s

Dave Baldwin

You're welcome and glad you found a way for it to work fro you.

Ess Kay

next time try printing it on chrome