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Print a page in an hidden iframe
<script type="text/javascript">
function closePrint () {
document.body.removeChild(this.__container__);
}
function setPrint () {
this.contentWindow.__container__ = this;
this.contentWindow.onbeforeunload = closePrint;
this.contentWindow.onafterprint = closePrint;
this.contentWindow.focus(); // Required for IE
this.contentWindow.print();
}
function printPage (sURL) {
var oHiddFrame = document.createElement("iframe");
oHiddFrame.onload = setPrint;
oHiddFrame.style.visibility = "hidden";
oHiddFrame.style.position = "fixed";
oHiddFrame.style.right = "0";
oHiddFrame.style.bottom = "0";
oHiddFrame.src = sURL;
document.body.appendChild(oHiddFrame);
}
</script>
<a class="dk-print-car-detail" href="#" onclick="printPage('<?php echo $listing_link; ?>');return false;" title="Stampa Modelli"><?php _e('Stampa Modelli', 'dk'); ?></a>
@artfultoucher

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Thanks a million!! I was just looking for exactly that. I am more a backend/laravel guy and this would have taken me 2 hours myself to work out.

@imhazige

imhazige commented Dec 7, 2021

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This does not work in some case, it sometimes show a blank preview to print.

@vspar

vspar commented Jan 26, 2022

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Very helpful, worked fine for me in Chrome. Thanks.

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