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Document Print button on web page doesn't work

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Samsung Android tablet I hit the print button a document on a web page and the print button turns red or nothing happens. I'm trying to "print" to a pdf file to save or share.

Samsung Android tablet I hit the print button a document on a web page and the print button turns red or nothing happens. I'm trying to "print" to a pdf file to save or share.

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Have you tried other websites? Have you tried another device? If it works on other websites, it may be because the website actively prevents "printing" when the pages appear blank.

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yes, it doesn't work on any sites.

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Print buttons may do a variety of different things, but two of the most common are:

(1) Pop up the built-in Print dialog using the window.print() script function

This might not work in mobile versions of Firefox. I tried the buttons on two different test pages and nothing happened.

(2) Pop up a new window (tab) with a print-optimized layout

User-initiated popups should work, but then, any automatic printing script in the new tab might not do anything (see #1).

What if you try either:

  • menu > Page > Print (not present on all devices?)
  • menu > Page > Save as PDF