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Can't print "selection"

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When I have any type of file open in Firefox, and I highlight text on the page that I want to print, then click "Print" and select the radial button for "selection," it prints a blank page.

IE works fine, but I don't like certain other features of IE, or I'd just switch.

This is spreading...it used to only happen on one workstation that I rarely used. Now it's happening on the one I use most.

When I have any type of file open in Firefox, and I highlight text on the page that I want to print, then click "Print" and select the radial button for "selection," it prints a blank page. IE works fine, but I don't like certain other features of IE, or I'd just switch. This is spreading...it used to only happen on one workstation that I rarely used. Now it's happening on the one I use most.

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This bug -- which affected text inside a table in the page -- was mostly fixed in Firefox 12, but some lingering issues have been reported.

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Bug link: 736915 – Print Selection prints a blank page when the selection is inside a table in SeaMonkey2.8 & Firefox11 and later.