Anybody noticed how printer unfriendly most blogs are? I wonder if there is a meaning to this. I spend a great deal of time reading blogs online but, typically, right before leaving the office, I print a bunch of articles and posts that i either received through email or bookmarked to my toread tag. It's my metro reading. The problem is that 9 times out of 10 printing a blog post is actually impossible. Tonight, for example, I wanted to print this post from Jarvis who, ironically, has printing presses as a header image. I hit print and not only did it chop off a bunch of text but it also printed all the comments (13 pages total). Frustrating. I had to resort to printing some clickz newsletters who, very smartly, provides a "print this article" link right on top of the emails header. oh well.I am using wordpress and am sure there is a module to render printer friendly pages, just like drupal. I will install it soon. Hopefully, users can chose to print the post, the latest posts or post with comments.
personomies, printing, clickz, jeff jarvis