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| Posted by: Toral
- Sustainer [2111201313] Thu, May 13, 2004, 13:20
OK, This has got to be simple but I can't figure it out. I want to print some stat info from espn.com. The players' names, which are also links to their stats, print as very light gray on my computer . I want them to print the same colour as the stats. What to do? |
| | | 1 | Chuck
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ID: 169212110
Thu, May 13, 2004, 13:43
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Try this (on MIE):
Tools-->Internet Options-->Colors...
Make "Visited" and "Unvisited" a dark, printable color.
The above may not work, but it might get you started.
You could also try:
File-->Print-->Properties
and change your ink from "Color" to "black."
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| | | 2 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:03
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Tried both :( The first I thot would do it for sure, but no.
Thanx anyway tough.
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| | | 3 | beastiemiked
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ID: 3531815
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:06
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Copy and paste into excel and print them there.
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| | | 4 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:14
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Don't own Excel.
Doesn't work with my ancient edition of QuattroPro columns dispappear).
But likewise thanx.
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| | | 5 | Chuck
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ID: 169212110
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:18
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If you're an HTML guy, you could view the source and replace color codes and repost the info somewhere (possibly in the test forum?).
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| | | 6 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:22
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That sounds neat. I'll give it a try.
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| | | 7 | KrazyKoalaBears
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ID: 517553018
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:24
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FWIW, black, in hexidecimal is #000000. You'll need that if you're editing HTML.
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| | | 8 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:27
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What's this: bgColor=#efefe7 Would that be a link colour?
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| | | 9 | Chuck
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ID: 169212110
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:35
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Toral, care to link to the site you're speaking of? I have a lazy afternoon, and could fiddle around a bit.
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| | | 10 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:38
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I'd give away my fantasy strategy if you knew what neat stats I was printing up ;)
But this page is similar and has the same problem (player name links).
Toral
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| | | 11 | Mike D
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ID: 41831612
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:42
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You low on black or colored ink by any chance?
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| | | 12 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:43
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Nope. Using a black only printer.
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| | | 13 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:48
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Well, espn.com beat me. But I have a temporary workaround. mlb.com doesn't have the exact stat I was sorting by, but has something I can use. And it's coloured links print readably -- dark gray rather than light gray.
Espn: darken your links!
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| | | 14 | Mike D
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ID: 41831612
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:49
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I'm too restricted (by the system admin) at work to look into this. Curious though, how do the player's names look on your screen? Blue? Gray?
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| | | 15 | Chuck
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ID: 169212110
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:49
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Toral-
Just do a complete clearing of your history. The links are blue before they have been clicked on. Just trick them into thinking you haven't clicked on them yet.
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| | | 16 | KrazyKoalaBears
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ID: 517553018
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:53
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bgColor=#efefe7 is a light yellow/tan color. But, more importantly, "bgColor" refers to backgroundColor. The link colors would be associated, likely in a stylesheet, with the "a," "a:hover," and "a:visited" tags.
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| | | 17 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 14:54
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It's the blue unclicked-on ones that print as a very faint gray (on a black-only printer).
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| | | 18 | Chuck
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ID: 169212110
Thu, May 13, 2004, 15:12
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Tools-->Internet Options-->General-->Accesibility-->(Check) "Ignore colors specified on web pages."
If you do this, your settings for my suggestion in post 1 will come through. You are simply overriding ESPN's html. You also lose all background color. But you will be able to print it dark this way.
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| | | 19 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 15:19
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Amazingly enough...even that doesn't work. The background colours disappear on web pages & printing, but the links are still blue and don't print.
OK, OK, I give up. I'm implementing the low tech solution...write in the names of the players with a pen. I know when I'm beaten.
Thanx for the support though.
Toral
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| | | 20 | Mike D
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ID: 41831612
Thu, May 13, 2004, 15:39
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Put it in some sort of Word document. Word pad. Note pad. Etc. Worth a last shot.
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| | | 21 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 15:40
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Wordpad was my first solution actually. It won't paste there.
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| | | 22 | Chuck
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ID: 169212110
Thu, May 13, 2004, 15:42
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OK, OK, I give up.
You cannot give up now. That will be admitting that technology has won. It is only a matter of time before the robots take over in world domination.
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| | | 23 | Toral
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ID: 2111201313
Thu, May 13, 2004, 15:51
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That's the way I felt when I started. But the forces against me are too overwhelming. Craven surrender is the only option.
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| | | 24 | Athletics Guy
ID: 204281314
Thu, May 13, 2004, 16:02
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Toral,
You could have someone copy/paste and save it to Excel for you. Then you can get Excel viewer (it's a free program) to open and print the file.
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| | | 25 | Mike D
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ID: 41831612
Thu, May 13, 2004, 16:06
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But then he loses his top-secretness. ;)
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| | | 26 | Ender
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ID: 13443221
Thu, May 13, 2004, 16:30
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I'll worry about machines taking over the world when the freakin' copier is at least smart enough to finish my job when there are only 2 copies left to make and 50+ sheets in the feeder BEFORE it asks me to reload the paper tray. I understand when I have 100 left to run and it gets low, but I only need 2 more and there's more than enough paper there to copy them!
There, I feel better now.
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