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Inspiring
Jan 28, 2015 8:47 PM UTC
Question

Problems printing from a Responsive HTML5 layout persist

Running 11.0.4.291.

It is my understanding that this update includes recent hotfixes, such as the fix for this issue:

The print output in Internet Explorer using the Responsive HTML5 print button does not print the entire contents of the output. Only a small section of the top of the output is printed.


That said, I am still seeing the bad behavior in my updated software. Any ideas why?



Additional observations:

  • In IE 10, print preview only shows a small section of the top of the topic. (As shown above.) Printing, however, does provide the whole topic.
  • In the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox, print preview AND printing only provide the very top portion of the topic.


A bug report has been submitted.


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Known Participant
Feb 6, 2015 1:46 PM UTC

Funny, I installed the hotfix and now my outputs print correctly. I am running RoboHelp 11.0.3.268 and using Internet Explorer 10. I have only installed the hotfix (not the 11.0.4 patch). Maybe you should try only installing the hotfix?

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Inspiring
Feb 6, 2015 6:21 PM UTC

To clarify... Apparently the Responsive HTML 5 print button DOES work, thanks to the hotfix or 11.0.4 patch. However, my big issue is this--as far as I can tell, the Responsive HTML 5 print button is only shown when the responsive layout is displayed full screen, at a high resolution. (See How do I get the Function bar to appear in my responsive layout?)


For example, when I work on my laptop and have the resolution set to 1600 X 900, I can see it and use it to print. Most of the time, though, I’m working on my desktop, with monitors that only go to a resolution of 1280 X 1024, and then I don’t see the button. My only alternative then is to use the print options provided by the browser I'm using. But, when I do that, I run into the original problem where I only get a small section of the top of the topic to print. Also, on a tablet, connected to a wireless printer, I have no way to print, apart from the browser options. I don't think the status quo will be acceptable to my end users.


Unless I'm missing something, it seems like either the Responsive HTML 5 print button needs to be available at all resolutions or the Responsive HTML 5 layouts need to work with all browser print options.

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Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
Feb 9, 2015 4:21 PM UTC

The layout is designed to only show this button on desktop. You can (a) change the break points (see referenced query) or (b) update the layout itself. The b option requires a redo of the entire design.

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