Turning on Background Printing
Often, background printing in your browser is turned off by default. If you are printing a page with a colored background, you most likely just want to print the text and any pictures, not the colored background. But to print a picture of your pattern with a grid superimposed on it, you have to turn on background printing because the picture is in the background! Here's how to do it in various browsers.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Opera
Chrome
Firefox
1. Go to the menu bar and click on File.
![Click File on the menu bar](graphics/site/ff1.jpg)
2. The file menu drops down. Click on Page Setup....
![Click on Page Setup...](graphics/site/ff2.jpg)
3. The page setup dialog box appears. Look for Print Background (colors and images) and make sure that the box next to it is checked. Then click OK.
![Make sure Print Background is checked](graphics/site/ff3.jpg)
Internet Explorer
1. Click on the Tools icon in the upper right corner.
![Click on the Tools icon](graphics/site/ie1.jpg)
2. The Tools menu pops up. Move the cursor over Print, and the Print menu appears.
![Move the cursor over Print](graphics/site/ie2.jpg)
3. Click Page setup... on the Print menu.
![Click Page Setup...](graphics/site/ie3.jpg)
4. The page setup dialog box appears. Look for Print Background Colors and Images and make sure that the box next to it is checked. Then click OK.
![Make sure Print Background is checked](graphics/site/ie4.jpg)
Safari
1. Go to the menu bar and click on File.
![Click on the Menu icon](graphics/site/s1.jpg)
2. The File menu drops down. Click Print....
![Click Print](graphics/site/s2.jpg)
3. The Print dialog pops up. Click the print options menu.
![Click on the print options menu](graphics/site/s3.jpg)
4. A list of options drops down. Choose Safari.
![Click Safari](graphics/site/s5.jpg)
5. The Safari options are shown. Make sure Print backgrounds is checked.
![Make sure Print backgrounds is checked](graphics/site/s6.jpg)
Opera
1. Go to the menu bar and click on File.
![Click File on the menu bar](graphics/site/op1.jpg)
2. The file menu drops down. Click on Print Options....
![](graphics/site/op2.jpg)
3. The print options dialog box appears. Look for Print page background and make sure that the box next to it is checked. Then click OK.
![](graphics/site/op3.jpg)
Chrome
1. Click the Menu icon.
![Click on the Menu icon](graphics/site/cr1.jpg)
2. On the menu, click Print...
![Click Print...](graphics/site/cr2.jpg)
3. The print menu appears next to a preview of what will be printed. Look for Background colors and images (at the bottom of the menu) and make sure that the box next to it is checked.
![Make sure Print Background is checked](graphics/site/cr3.jpg)