Open a child window, load with dhtml/arbitrary html, or url and then have it open the print dialog. I tested in IE8,Fire Fox 3.5.7,Chrome 3.0.195.38, Safari (4 public beta) for windows.
After running into some frustration that the print() wasn't being fired I ran across a post where the child window must be reloaded...viola...thank you internet.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function printdiv()
{
try
{
var childWindow = window.open("about:blank", "_blank", "height=800,left=100,top=100,width=800,resize=yes,toolbar=yes,titlebar=0,status=0,menubar=yes,location= no,scrollbars=1");
var headstr = "<html><head><title>Print Window</title></head><body>";
var footstr = "</body>";
var printData = document.getElementById("divPrint").innerHTML;
if (printData == null || printData == "")
printData = "Oops, there appears to be no data.";
childWindow.document.write(headstr + printData + footstr);
childWindow.location.reload(false);
childWindow.print();
}
catch (e)
{
alert("It appears that your browser doesn't support print features." + e);
}
finally
{
return false;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<button onclick="return printdiv();" >Open child window and print</button>
<div id="divPrint" style="display:none;">I love life...but not like that</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
