Well, this is probably a solution that you have already thought of, but I
usually just create a button that changes several of the CSS properties so
that the page fits on a standard-size sheet of paper and adds JavaScript's
window.print(); to the body tag's onLoad event. Yes, there probably is some
kind of print software that can be used to do stuff like this automatically,
but it is probably more expensive than it's worth, and I am going to guess
that it is probably something that the user must be downloaded separately
(such as an ActiveX control). Whatever it is, I would not recommend buying
it for several reasons:
1. More expensive than it's worth
2. Using a little extra CSS and JavaScript you can make something that most
people will be satisfied with
3. A feature of IE7 is printing, which will allow the user to do stuff such
as scale the page to the width of a piece of paper, as well as other
options. I don't know which things will be able to be done programmatically,
but from what I've read it won't be a hard or repetitive process for the
user
I haven't looked into it (I confess, I haven't had my degree very long), but
I think that there is some way to automatically generate Adobe Acrobat PDF
files that the user can download, which depending on what content will be on
the pages you are planning on having the user print may be the best choice.
These are some thoughts, perhaps someone who has more experience working on
an actual company's site can give you some more ideas. Good Luck!
