Merriet Jerry in Drupal Bangalore: print page content using drupal and javascript

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

print page content using drupal and javascript

Create a javascript file: print_page.js

var PrinterTool = {};
PrinterTool.windowSettings = 'toolbar = no, location = no,' + ' status = no, menu = no, scrollbars = yes, width = 650, height = 400';
PrinterTool.print = function (tagID) {
   var target = document.getElementById(tagID);
   var title = document.title;
   if(!target || target.childNodes.length === 0) {
   alert("Nothing to Print");
   return;
   }
   var content = target.innerHTML;
   var text = '<html><head><title>' + title +
   '</title><body>' + content + '</body></html>';
   printerWindow = window.open('', '', PrinterTool.windowSettings);
   printerWindow.document.open();
   printerWindow.document.write(text);
   printerWindow.document.close();
   printerWindow.print();
};

Call the function with ID. Paste following code in your tpl file/ block
<a href="javascript:PrinterTool.print('main')" >Print</a>

Ref book: Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQuery