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This articles covers the basics of print settings and formatting options in Firefox.

This article discusses printing web pages in Firefox. For a tutorial on how to use Firefox's printing features, read below. * For troubleshooting printing problems, see [[Firefox prints incorrectly]]. __TOC__ = Printing a web page = {for win,linux} # Click the menu button [[Image:fx57menu]] and then click {button Print…}. #;[[Image:Print Fx65 Win]] # In the Print Preview window that opens, adjust settings for what you're about to print, if necessary. See [[#w_print-window-settings|Print window settings]] below for information on what settings can be changed. # Click {for linux}{button Print}{/for}{for win}{button OK}{/for} to start printing. {/for} {for mac} # Click the menu button [[Image:fx57menu]] and then click {button Print…}. #;[[Image:Print Fx65 Win]] # To adjust settings for what you're about to print (if necessary), click on the arrow beside the Printer selector, and see [[#w_print-preview-settings|Print preview settings]] below for information on what settings can be changed. # Click {button Print} to start printing. {/for} = Print preview settings = [[Image:Print Preview 65]] '''Print:''' *See [[#w_print-window-settings|Print window settings]]. '''Page Setup:''' *See [[#w_changing-the-page-setup|Changing the page setup]] below for information on what settings can be changed. '''Pages:''' *Navigate to different pages by entering a page number or using the arrows. '''Scale:''' *To try and make the web page fit on fewer sheets of printed paper, you can adjust the scale. '''Shrink To Fit''' automatically adjusts the scale. '''Orientation:''' *Select '''Portrait''' for most documents and web pages. *Select '''Landscape''' for very wide pages and images. '''Simplify Page:''' *Select '''Simplify Page''' to save paper and ink when printing web pages. Remove unwanted ads, unrelated text and images, and blank spaces from the page to print your content on fewer pages. See [[Firefox Simplify Page for clutter-free printing]] for more information. = Print window settings = ;{for fx69}[[Image:The windows 10 print window]]{/for}{for not fx69}[[Image:print window settings]]{/for} {for fx69}'''Select Printer'''{/for}{for not fx69}'''Printer'''{/for} section: *{for fx69}Choose the printer you want from the list. You can move the slider below to see more printers.{/for}{for not fx69}Click the drop-down menu next to '''Name''' to change which printer prints the web page you're viewing.{/for} {note}'''Note:''' The default printer is usually Microsoft Print to PDF. When a web page is printed with the selected printer, it becomes the new default printer.{/note} *Click on {for fx69}{button Preferences}{/for}{for not fx69}{button Properties...}{/for} to change the paper size, print quality, and other settings specific to your printer. '''Print range''' section: Lets you specific which pages of the current web page are printed: *Select '''All''' to print everything. *Select '''Pages''' and enter {for fx69}either a range of pages or a single page. For example, "1" prints only the first page and "3-5" prints the pages from 3 to 5.{/for}{for not fx69}the range of pages you want to print. For example, selecting "from 1 to 1" prints the first page only.{/for} *Select '''Selection''' to print only the part of the page you've highlighted. '''Copies''' section: Lets you specific how many duplicates you want to print. *If you enter more than 1 in the '''Number of copies''' field, you can also choose whether to collate them. For example, if you choose to make two copies and select '''Collate''', they will print in the order 1,2,3,1,2,3. Otherwise, they will print in the order 1,1,2,2,3,3. {note}'''Note:''' The following settings are saved as Firefox preferences on a per-printer basis.{/note} = Changing the page setup = [[Image:win page setup]] ==Format and Options== The '''Format & Options''' tab allows you to change: '''Orientation:''' *Select '''Portrait''' for most documents and web pages. *Select '''Landscape''' for very wide pages and images. '''Scale:''' To try to make the web page fit on fewer sheets of printer paper, you can adjust the scale. '''Shrink to fit''' automatically adjusts the scale. '''Options:''' Select '''Print Background (colors & images)''' to have Firefox print backgrounds for web pages. Otherwise, Firefox leaves page backgrounds white. ==Margins and Header/Footer== ;[[Image:print margins 57]] The '''Margins & Header/Footer''' tab allows you to change: '''Margins:''' You can enter the width of the page margins for the top, bottom, left and right sides of the page separately. '''Headers & Footers:''' Use the dropdown menus to select what appears on the printed page. The top-left dropdown box's value appears at the top-left corner of the page; the top-center dropdown box's value appears at the top-center portion of the page and so on. Choose from: *'''--blank--:''' Nothing will be printed. *'''Title:''' Print the title of the page. *'''URL:''' Print the web address of the page. *'''Date/Time:''' Print the date and time when the page was printed. *'''Page #:''' Print the page number. *Page # of #:''' Print the page number and total number of pages. *'''Custom...:''' Enter your own header or footer text. This can be used to show a company or organization name at the top or bottom of every printed page. Click {button OK} to finish making changes and close the ''Page Setup'' window. = Advanced tips = *If you want to edit the web page content prior to printing, you can use an extension from [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/ Firefox Add-ons] such as [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/print-edit-we/ Print Edit WE]. *To print a single image from a page, you can typically right-click it and select {menu View Image} or {menu View Background Image} then print using the instructions above. *Web pages can set themselves up to appear different on paper to how they look on screen, so don't be surprised to see some changes. (If you see some colors on background images missing, follow the step preceding step).