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ViewsEnforce specific printing settings with javascript irrespective of the default settings of the user's printer
I am using a JavaScript function to print some contents. The function that I am using does the job correctly. The header, the footer and the title are set from the code. But I noticed that they are not being displayed in the preview. Also there are no margins left on all the four sides of the paper. Later when I checked the problem was associated with the default settings of the printer. I realised the paper was set to Letter and the header and footer was unchecked. So I had to manually do the settings to get the desired results.
So, I want to know is there a way to enforce the printing of the document the way I want even if the default of the user's printer is set to anything.
The below images show what I was getting and how I want to get it printed.
Js function
$(function() {
$.fn.printContent = function() {
var target = $(this);
var title;
if (target.attr("title") != undefined) {
title = target.attr("title");
} else {
title = "Element Content"
}
var uid = Date.now();
var printFrame = $("<iframe>", {
id: "printFrame_" + uid,
name: "printFrame_" + uid
}).css({
position: "absolute",
top: "-1000000px"
}).appendTo($("body"));
var frameHTML = $("<html>");
$("<head>").appendTo(frameHTML);
$("<title>").html(title).appendTo($("head", frameHTML));
$("<body>").appendTo(frameHTML);
if ($("body > link").length == 1) {
$("body > link").clone().appendTo($("body", frameHTML));
}
$("body", frameHTML).append(target.html());
var winFrame = window.frames['printFrame_' + uid];
winFrame.document.open();
winFrame.document.write(frameHTML.prop("outerHTML"));
winFrame.document.close();
setTimeout(function() {
printFrame.focus();
winFrame.print();
printFrame.remove();
}, 100);
};
$("#btnPrint").click(function() {
$("#content").printContent();
});
});
Please suggest me how can I modify the above function to enforce the settings shown in the second image, like the paper size, margins, header and footer etc. from the function itself.