Printing a page using javascript does not work

Question

The following HTML page should open http://www.seznam.cz in a new window and then open the Print dialog to allow printing it.

<html>
    <head>
        <script>
            function printPage() 
            {
                var newWindow = window.open("http://www.seznam.cz", "seznam");
                newWindow.document.close();
                newWindow.focus();
                newWindow.print();
                newWindow.close();
            }
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <a onClick="printPage(); return false;" href="">Print</a>
    </body>
</html>

However it only prints a blank page with "about:blank" in the top right and the current date and time in the bottom right corner.

Why doesn't it work as expected?

Possibly related to this question, it might be a problem of same origin policy. — Miklos Aubert
– Miklos Aubert, Commented Aug 30, 2013 at 8:46
Yes I guess it really is a problem of the same origin policy after all. That's why @collprarun's version works and the original one does not. — Dušan Rychnovský
– Dušan Rychnovský, Commented Aug 30, 2013 at 9:04

coolprarun · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30 08:47:01Z

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Try this one.. it will print the Page.You can Change it to Your Requirements.

<input type="button" value="Print" onclick="printPage('content');"></input>

function printPage(id)
{
   var html="<html>";
   html+= document.getElementById(id).innerHTML;
   html+="</html>";

   var printWin = window.open('','','left=0,top=0,width=1,height=1,toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,status  =0');
   printWin.document.write(html);
   printWin.document.close();
   printWin.focus();
   printWin.print();
   printWin.close();

}

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 8:47

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Aldi Unanto Over a year ago

I think you loss <script type="text/javascript">...</script>

LuigiEdlCarno · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30 08:46:41Z

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The reason is, because you close the window again in you function. Remove

newWindow.document.close();
newWindow.close();

The reason for the blank page is, because you have specified an empty string as href value. Remove the hrefattribute from the tag.

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 8:46

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Dušan Rychnovský Over a year ago

Unfortunately this does not work. Even after I removed those two lines the result is still the same.

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