What's the best graphic format to print from HTML pages

HTML & CSS
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I’m creating invoice on HTML pages that I want to print
These all have pictures of people and goods on

I’m using PNG - I thought this would be the best format
Unfortunately, the graphic comes out squashed and not in the original ratio
What do I need to do to get the original graphic output?

And is PNG the best format to use to get the best output printed?

Thanks

OM

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Never tried it out but I’ve heard that TIFF are the best for print.

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ryan, thanks for the reply
tiff is only good for safari
i use chrome - so no good
let me know if u can suggest anything else
thanks

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I’ve done some searching for you.

To quote from the second link

As for formats, TIF and EPS are typically your print formats. JPGs can be used, but make sure they are CMYK JPGs.

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This is a little off-topic but I think it s worth mentioning all the same and indeed you may already have made these considerations :slight_smile: :

It does depend on your audience or if this is a specialised application but I would say that you should remove nearly all images when printing (aprt from your logo) as most people will just want the content and do not want to waste printer ink on decorative images when printing out an invoice. I believe all browsers disable printing background images by default anyway.

You should use the same criteria that you do for the web page and if an image is “content” and meaningful then it can be printed or displayed on the screen but if it is purely decoration then it is a background image and should not be printed. Printer ink is expensive so be considerate with it :slight_smile:

Follow some simple guidelines when printing.