Why wont firefox print

Instead it prints the first, last, and sometimes one middle page. The print preview function suffers the same error. Since the problem shows up in print preview I don't believe that it is related to the configuration of a specific printer. It doesn't seem to be a coding error in the web page as other browsers like IE, Chrome, and Opera render the page accurately. Because I don't print pages often, I can't tell with what version the problem showed up.

Hi James, as more and more web pages adopt modern layout styles, Firefox's print engine has not been keeping up. There is work in progress on that, but it's slow because there are so many other priorities. The example you described sounds like situation where Firefox is treating a large block of content as unbreakable.

It moves that block to a new page, but anything that doesn't fit on the page just runs off the bottom. The if there is more content after that, it goes onto the next page.

I created an extension to work around this by overriding the style rules that Firefox won't break into separate pages. Here is a method that will lock all instances of Firefox to a single printer. You will be able to override it on a case-by-case basis, but Firefox won't retain that modification. This uses the "Autoconfig" file method documented in the following article:.

Customizing Firefox Using AutoConfig. To set this up, you will create two files. Note: This assumes you do not already have any Autoconfig file set up. If you do, you simply need to add the lockPref line below to your existing File 2. Name this something like autoconfig. Contents replace PrinterName with what appears for this preference in about:config after using your default printer :. The annoyance is that I don't want browser to remember last printer.

Just stick to default. In any case, when I do select the correct and default printer manually, it hardly remembers that printer anyway. So thank you very much for replying with a helpful solution. Search Support Search. Learn More. Any improvement? Jonathan Watt. CSH Question owner. Thanks for your reply. I have done as you asked and created a new Bug Report - Bug More info on about:config: [[Configuration Editor for Firefox]]. Hello jscher My current printer value was 9 and I checked that the problem still existed.

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help. I can print from anywhere using Internet Explorer, but Firefox has never allowed me to print.