帮助在Ruby on Rails中打印网页

Question

I need help with printing a webpage in Ruby Rails. Currently this is the code snippet that I am using

input type="button" id="print" onclick="javascript:print()" value="Print"

Now, when the pdf that is generated contains more than one page, is there a way to add a header to each of these pages?? Kindly suggest me some idea to add header to each of the page in the pdf much similar to the headers in Microsoft Word.

Here is a small code snippet that displays the data in the web page.

<fieldset>
<legend class="legend_style">Customer Details</legend>
<div class='summary_left_column'>
<table class='summary_table_style'>
<% APP_CONFIG['display_customer_items_1'].each do |key| %>
<tr>
<td> <label><%= RESOURCE_BUNDLE[key] || key %> : </label></td>
<td class="data"> <label><%= @customer[key] %></label></td>
</tr>
<%end%>
</table>
</div>
<div class='summary_right_column'>
<table class='summary_table_style'>
<% APP_CONFIG['display_customer_items_2'].each do |key| %>
<tr>
<td> <label><%= RESOURCE_BUNDLE[key] || key %> : </label></td>
<td class="data"> <label><%= @customer[key] %></label></td>
</tr>
<%end%>
</table>
</div>
</fieldset>"

Thanks,

Raja Ram

Answer 1

You need to define a CSS print scheme and apply it.

Some information on CSS and printing:

• http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
• http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/css/print-stylesheet.shtml
• http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/css/article.php/3470341/CSS-and-Printing.htm
• http://www.w3.org/TR/css-print/

Answer 2

I found this discussion. Havent tried the solutions provided. But I guess it will be useful for anyone coming to this page

Is there a way to get a web page header/footer printed on every page?