Need to print only the frame and not the whole page using Google Chrome

Question

When I try to print the webpage, only the frame appears in the print when using IE or other browsers. However, through the google chrome, the whole page gets printed.

I have done a little research and found out that adding the OpenFrame plugin would do the trick. However, I am looking for the solution without the plugins. Our product is used by a number of customers and we can't ask them to install any plugins.

Can we fix this by making CSS changes or scripts.

Answer 1

Using JavaScript you can print frames independently, e.g.

top.frames[1].print()

If you include a print button or listen to print events, you can call your print function that prints only the frame you want.

Or you can use CSS @media print to set what gets printed

Answer 2

Highlight (select) what you want to print, right-click over the selected area and hit print.

p.s.: No other option worked. The add-on (Chrome app) doesn't have a print option, only open in new window and by doing so it sends a new page request and for many sites it won't work.

Answer 3

The best way is to use this "Chrome App" to add a Context sub-menu to your Chrome.

After the installation right click on the frame you want to print, select [This Frame] and the select the option that fits the best with your situation, usually [Open Frame in New tab]. Once you have the frame in a new tab you simply print it with CTRL-P or Right-Click [Print].

Answer 4

@media print { .div-to-not-print {display:none}}

is problematic because

1. It's not an end-user solution; it has to be done by the page developer, and
2. We're talking about frames, which are actually independent pages. That sort of solution wouldn't allow a user to print two frames independently.

The suggestion

Click on the File > Print , then use the option Simplify Page

may work in some circumstances, but, for me, it just removes all frames and reverts to the <noframe> content in the frameset page.

As far as I can tell, there is no decent way to print just one frame in a frameset that is already loaded. A Chrome plugin that I haven't tried called "Print This Frame" really just re-loads the frame in a new tab (with a round-trip to the server).

But, without that plugin, if the frame you want to print was created from a hyperlink within the frameset, you can usually load the frame in a separate tab or window just by right-clicking on that link and selecting "Open link in new tab" or "Open link in new window"