HTML Article "Printing" format Question

[njtweb]

Hello,

I recently started publishing some articles for the start of the high school hockey season. They look great formatted in all browsers, and on handheld wireless devices when scaled to responsive. These articles will be printed by the kids playing to keep for the scrapbooks. I notice when I hit print the formatting gets all jacked up and the images move all over the place. I've tried adding an excessive amount of line breaks to fix the printing problem but the print view doesn't recognize the breaks.

example, today's article.

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youthhockeyinfo.com/index.php?page=368
Any help is greatly appreciated.

[tino]

I take you mean using the browsers print option.

You would be better of using the following https://ekoopmans.github.io/html2pdf.js as this gives you more control over how it prints.

[njtweb]

I take you mean using the browsers print option.

You would be better of using the following https://ekoopmans.github.io/html2pdf.js as this gives you more control over how it prints.

I click the built in TP print function, and then right click and print.

[@rjen]

I take you mean using the browsers print option.

You would be better of using the following https://ekoopmans.github.io/html2pdf.js as this gives you more control over how it prints.

I click the built in TP print function, and then right click and print.

I do not see a print link on that page

[jernatety]

I take you mean using the browsers print option.

You would be better of using the following https://ekoopmans.github.io/html2pdf.js as this gives you more control over how it prints.

I click the built in TP print function, and then right click and print.

I do not see a print link on that page

The print link isn't showing for guests, thank you for pointing that out! Is there a TP permission specifically for the print link?

[@rjen]

It is not a permission, this is one of the functions that is simply not offered to guests...

[njtweb]

It is not a permission, this is one of the functions that is simply not offered to guests...

Is there any way I can make it offered to guests? This is for high school kids to print their articles so they can put them in their scrap books. I'm fine with making a donation. Please let me know, thank you.

[@rjen]

Are you willing to hack the code?

[njtweb]

Are you willing to hack the code?

If I'm given instruction and its moderate level and doesn't involve modifying several pages I am, but if it's really involved I guess no, unfortunately.

[@rjen]

In file TPsubs.template.php

find

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function article_print($render = true)
{
global $scripturl, $txt, $context;

    $data = '';

if($context['TPortal']['print_articles']==1) {
if(isset($context['TPortal']['article']['boardnews']) && !$context['user']['is_guest']) {
$data .= '
<div class="article_rating"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['TPortal']['article']['id'] . '">' . $txt['print_page'] . '</a></div>';
        }
elseif (!$context['user']['is_guest']) {
$data .= '
<div class="article_rating"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?page=' . $context['TPortal']['article']['id'] . ';print">' . $txt['tp-print'] . '</a></div>';
        }
}
and change it to

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function article_print($render = true)
{
global $scripturl, $txt, $context;

    $data = '';

if($context['TPortal']['print_articles']==1) {
if(isset($context['TPortal']['article']['boardnews'])) {
$data .= '
<div class="article_rating"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=printpage;topic=' . $context['TPortal']['article']['id'] . '">' . $txt['print_page'] . '</a></div>';
        }
else {
$data .= '
<div class="article_rating"><a href="' . $scripturl . '?page=' . $context['TPortal']['article']['id'] . ';print">' . $txt['tp-print'] . '</a></div>';
        }
}