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         How to Print Web Pages with Light Text on a Dark Background

1. Change your page setup within Netscape

-Pull down Netscape's FILE menu
-Choose PAGE SETUP
-Put checkmark in front of BLACK TEXT and BLACK LINES
-Click OK

(These settings are safe to leave on, and they usually do the trick)

 

2. Change the Color Settings in Netscape

-Pull down EDIT in Netscape 4  (OPTIONS in Netscape 3 and earlier)
-Choose PREFERENCES
-Click on COLORS
-Click on the "Text" color box and set to BLACK if not already
-Click on the "Background Color" box and set to WHITE
-Click "Always Use my Colors, Overriding Document"
-Click OK

 When finished printing, go back to the COLORS dialog box and uncheck the "Always Use My Colors" checkbox, so websites will display as intended.

 

3. Save the Text and print it from Another Application

Now and then you may find a stubborn page that won't print with the settings above. As a last resort, try the following:

-In your browser, click  FILE
-Click SAVE AS
-Name your webpage anything (as long as it has a .TXT extension)
-Open this new file in a word processor or WordPad
-Print from that program.

(Images and some formatting  will be lost with this method)

OR...
-In your browser, highlight the portion of text you want printed
-Choose EDIT, then COPY (Ctrl-C)
-Open WordPad or any other word processor
-Choose EDIT, then PASTE (Ctrl-V)
-Print from the word processor.
-Print from that program
.

(Images and some formatting  will be lost with this method)