Can we default the Print to Landscape from client side?

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Here is a function that prints my ASPX page on a click which works absolutely perfect .

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function PrintPanel() {
       debugger;
       var panel = document.getElementById("<%=Upnl1.ClientID %>");
       var printWindow = window.open(panel, '', 'height=600,width=900');
       printWindow.document.write('<html><head><title>DIV Contents</title>');

       printWindow.document.write('</head><body >');
       printWindow.document.write(panel.innerHTML);
       printWindow.document.write('</body></html>');
       printWindow.document.close();
       setTimeout(function () {
           printWindow.print();
       }, 1000);
       return false;
   }

But I want to simple thing which is where I am stuck. I want it to print in Landscape by default. Always Printer picks the Potrait. But I want to do this Landscape instead of user picking it , I prefer it to default to Landscape for this function alone.

Can someone help me with this please?

Posted 18-Sep-15 10:11am

sudevsu

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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan 18-Sep-15 16:47pm

Increase the width and decrease the height. Create the document in that format, once that has been done (also make sure you are using pixels and not percentage values). User would have to print the document in landscape otherwise the data would be lost (unless his printer is smart enough to change the layout itself). :-)

sudevsu 21-Sep-15 9:22am

This has helped me. Thank you

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2015-09-18T12:10:00

Solution 1

You can't select the default orientation from your javascript code. Code running inside the browser runs inside a restricted sandbox. The browser itself and all system resources are off-limits to your code.

Posted 18-Sep-15 12:10pm

Dave Kreskowiak

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sudevsu 21-Sep-15 9:22am

Thank you

OldskoolOrion · Answer 2 · 2015-09-18T13:16:00

Solution 2

That's impossible :-)
what you could do, is "gently" force the user to print the output in landscape, by indeed adjusting the dimensions of your output-form. Nevertheless : a savvy user would still be able to circumvent this.

Posted 18-Sep-15 13:16pm

OldskoolOrion

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sudevsu 21-Sep-15 9:22am

Thank you