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Definition: printer friendly format
An optional layout on a Web page that enables only the essential text to print properly. The icons, navigation buttons, ads and graphics on a Web page might cause the text to be truncated or print in a garbled manner. Although more common in years past, the problem still exists, and a printer friendly option removes unwanted objects before printing.
Printer Friendly Automatically
Today, Web pages are mostly designed to print correctly without requiring the user to select a printer friendly option. The normal print function (File/Print, Ctrl-P, Command-P) prints the page properly. See screen capture.
A Printer Friendly Example
More Need in the Past
Printer Friendly Automatically
Today, Web pages are mostly designed to print correctly without requiring the user to select a printer friendly option. The normal print function (File/Print, Ctrl-P, Command-P) prints the page properly. See screen capture.
At the end of filing a tax form in 2005 on the IRS website, clicking Printer Friendly Version (upper left icon) ensured essential data printed properly.
Years ago, The New York Times offered a printer friendly option for its online articles. Subsequently, the site's enhanced formatting eliminated the need for a separate function.