onbeforeprint() and onafterprint() equivalent for non IE browsers

Question

I want to send some info back to my database when a user prints a certain web page. I can do this in IE with onbeforeprint() and onafterprint() bu

Answer 1

Try masking the native window.print() with your own...

// hide our vars from the global scope
(function(){

  // make a copy of the native window.print
  var _print = this.print;

  // create a new window.print
  this.print = function () {
    // if `onbeforeprint` exists, call it.
    if (this.onbeforeprint) onbeforeprint(this); 
    // call the original `window.print`.
    _print(); 
    // if `onafterprint` exists, call it.
    if (this.onafterprint) onafterprint(this);
  }

}())

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