Detect IE Version, take screenshot, and print screenshot automatically in javascript

Question

I need to do a few things in one javascript solution.

1. Must first detect the IE browser version (this I can do myself)
2. Must use javascript to take a screenshot of the active page.
3. Must print the screenshot that javascript just took.

I just cannot figure out how to do #'s 2 and 3. I have looked at the other articles about #2 on StackOverflow, but they all save an image, and I want to print it.

Answer 1

You can't take a screenshot from pure JS - you need a plugin.

Take a look here if you want some details.

Update: Apparently you can do this with canvas to some degree, so in HTML5 capable browsers, you can use pure JS with a fallback to flash in older browsers. (See here )

Answer 2

You cannot capture a screenshot of the browser, using JS alone. To print something, you should invoke window.print(), on the window containing the things you want printed.