Printing HTML Tables between two pages with Windows NT 4.00

[gecastill]

I have one main outer table with several nested inner tables in an html file. However, the problem I am facing has to do with printing HTML Tables between two pages with Windows NT 4.00 Operating System. The problem happens only in print mode, not in display mode.

Scenario:
I have an HTML file which spans over two pages when printed. In these two pages, a table is split in half, where we half of the table in the first page and the other half of the table on the second page. In print mode [Print preview or if you print a hard copy] if a table is in between two pages [say page 1 and 2], meaning not all the rows of the table fit in one page; the rest of the table will be print on the next page.

Problem:
The Operating System Microsoft Windows NT 4.00.1381 does NOT print the rest of the rows of the table in the next page. However, if I print the same page with Windows 2000 I don't have that problem.

Summary:
I am trying to find a solution in which I can print an entire HTML table that is between two pages with Windows NT OS. I try using the attribute rowspan or pushing the table down with the tag
, but none of this solutions work. Basically, I try to just print the entire table on the next page but I was not successful.


Does anybody have any suggestions or ideas on how to work around this problem?

Does anybody know why Windows NT can't print an entire HTML table between two pages, but Windows 2000 can?

[Webforumz Staff]

It sounds to me like a bug in IE on Windows NT4. Try updating IE on that Operating System.

If it is a bug in IE then there's nothing you can do to fix it... The page could be broken at any point and HTML/CSS do not allow you to specify page breaks as they were written for the Internet as opposed to printed media.

The only way around it would be to break the table and start again on the next page at a point which you know will be before the end of a page - you'll have to experiment with that!

Alternatively, someone using NT4 could upgrade, or use a different browser.

[gecastill]

Sirkent,

I also thought it was the web browser, but after trying with IE version 5.50.4134.0600 and IE version 6.0.... for Windows NT I got the same results. So I am not sure if it is the web browser, the Operating System, or the printer driver [device] in Windows NT.

To tell you the true I would like to force the table to print only on the second page, without getting split. No matter if the table will be split between two pages or if the table would fit in the first table.


Please advice.

[Rob]

You can use CSS to force a page break before the table.
Use this code on the table:-

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<table style="page-break-before:always">

This should sort you out!

[gecastill]

Rob,

Your suggestion help me fix the problem I was having when printing a table that splits between two pages. Everything is printing properly in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.

The problem is in the IE web browser running in Windows NT 4.0