printing style sheets to provide A5 size printouts without making content smaller

[paulbarris]

Hello

Does anyone know of a way to use printing style sheets
to print out web pages on A5 paper size without
making the text and content of the page smaller?

something like reflowing the page to create A5 pages and
not the usual A4/Letter size paper by keeping all the content
in the original size and pushing the "excess" to be printed on the
next page.

I'm not sure if this is controled by css, but when I attempt to
print out say, an 'a list apart' article, the page comes out with
the same amount of content as if it were an A4 page- thus
all the content is resized to a very small font...

Any help or pointers (if this is in fact not a css issue..)
are Greatly appreciated!

all the best

Paul

[Ryan Fait]

No, can't be fixed with a style sheet. You could always just make the text bigger in your print style sheet.

[spinal007]

You have very limited control over what gets printed. It all depends on the client's printer & settings. I'd recommend you stay clear of the idea and consider other options...

[paulbarris]

Thanks for the reply I'll try to approach the whole thing from a different angle...

[moojoo]

yeah, the purpose of a print style sheet is to strip out non essential graphics etc just delivering the content and things such as making links black and underlined, stripping out navigation elements etc etc. However you can control the font, margins, padding, and what does/does not get displayed.

[paulbarris]

now the use of printing css is clearer to me, Thanks!