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On the Wall Street Journal website, I am not able to print out of the print format. Never had a problem before with this.

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I click on the print icon under an article in the Wall Street Journal. A new window opens with the article in print format. When I print, I get blank paginated pages equaling the length of the article. On the top left hand corner of the page will appear the title of the article; on the top right hand corner will appear the web address of the article; on the bottom left hand corner will appear the pagination; and on the bottom right hand corner will be the date and time of the printing. This is just how any article would print; the only difference being that I'm not getting the content of the article printed. This has only started a couple of days ago. I do not have this issue with any other publication, yet this problem doesn't exist with other browsers.

I click on the print icon under an article in the Wall Street Journal. A new window opens with the article in print format. When I print, I get blank paginated pages equaling the length of the article. On the top left hand corner of the page will appear the title of the article; on the top right hand corner will appear the web address of the article; on the bottom left hand corner will appear the pagination; and on the bottom right hand corner will be the date and time of the printing. This is just how any article would print; the only difference being that I'm not getting the content of the article printed. This has only started a couple of days ago. I do not have this issue with any other publication, yet this problem doesn't exist with other browsers.

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In case you have changed the default Page Setup scaling, make sure the Shrink to Print checkbox is enabled before launching the printable page.

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I don't have a WSJ account to test... Here is some general advice:

When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Bypass Firefox's Cache

Use Ctrl+Shift+r to reload the page fresh from the server.

Alternately, you also can clear Firefox's cache completely using:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now"

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove the site's cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site:

  • right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
  • Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"

This will open a window listing the site's cookies, which you can remove individually.

Then try reloading the page and logging back in. Does that help?

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In case you have changed the default Page Setup scaling, make sure the Shrink to Print checkbox is enabled before launching the printable page.

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I have tried all the suggestions and still get blank pages (save the header & footer information) when printing. Any other suggestions?

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Hi fercat, are you have the problem generally or only on the WSJ website?

Is the page blank in Print Preview or only in the actual output?

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Hi jscher2000- I only have the problem with WSJ site and the Print Preview is not blank (though it is blank if Shrink to Print isn't selected). Thanks for your help!