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Asked: 2026-05-25T14:08:47+00:00

How do you Print a Partial Page? How do you Show a Partial Page

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  1. How do you Print a Partial Page?

  2. How do you Show a Partial Page in New Window? Then User Prints.

Note: The partial page is in an IFrame.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You have some limitations when printing the contents of an IFrame. JavaScript security policies will prevent you from printing something if its in a different domain. This is the method I’ve used for years to print specific content on a page.

    First you need a simple print function in JavaScript. This is the one I use

        print = function(str) {
    var WinPrint = window.open('', '', 'left=0,top=0,width=1,height=1,toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,status=0');
    WinPrint.document.open("text/html", "replace");
    WinPrint.document.write('<html><head><title>Printing</title></head><body>');
    WinPrint.document.write(str);
    WinPrint.document.write('</body></html>');
    WinPrint.document.close();
    WinPrint.focus();
    WinPrint.print();
    WinPrint.close();
};

    Then you need to pull the HTML from the iframe 

       getIFrameContent = function(IFrameID) {
    return document.getElementById(IFrameID).contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML;
};

    Then a simple function to wrap the whole thing to make it easier

    printIFrame = function(IFrameID) {
    print(getIFrameContent(IFrameID));
};

    Once you have all that you can call the printIFrame method and simply send in the ID of the IFrame.

    Method 2:
    Open the Iframe in a new window and print that window.

     var printIFrame2 = function (IFrameID) {
        var URL = document.getElementById(IFrameID).getAttribute("src");
        var WinPrint = window.open(URL, 'WinPrint', 'left=0,top=0,width=1,height=1,toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,status=0');
        WinPrint.focus();
        WinPrint.print();
        WinPrint.close();
    };
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