Like pointed out already, the web browser will resize. Some of this has to do with “responsive” websites which have different css @media settings to allow different looks as your resize (from full screen laptop to mobile devices). There is a separate print media css queries that is used just for printing. In those print css settings you will have settings like 8.2 x 11 for paper. However, not all websites will have that coded into them.
Ron Guilmet
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On Feb 16, 2023, at 9:55 PM, Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:This has been an growing annoyance for me.
I see a web page and try to print it, but the printed output often is
wildly different from what I see on the screen. I've read that there is
a separate CSS for printing, but I don't understand why.
Why doesn't a browser render the print output the same way it renders
the screen output? The dimensions of the paper and the screen may be
different, but those differences are trivial compared to the gawd-awful
print output of some web pages.
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