Set Printing Preferences from JS

Question

So... from what I can find on the Google, I can\'t find a way to use Javascript to set my printing preferences (read: margins, orientations, footer, etc).

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Answer 1

You can set page orientation and margin with CSS:

@page {
   size: landscape;
   margin: 10%
}

You can also set a footer at the bottom of each page by using the element.

EDIT: As pointed out by Beejamin, this is a half-way house. You can't really change printer preferences (those that appear in the Print Dialog when clicking Print). Also, IE is severely lacking in support for @page selector, (had a look around to see if IE9 supported it and couldn't find anything). As an alternative you could always try applying it to the body in your print stylesheet.

body {
   size: landscape;
   margin: 10%
}

Although off my head I'm not sure how effective this is.