Background Image Not Printed in Internet Explorer

 Last reviewed: August 28, 1997
Article ID: Q135978
95 WINDOWS kbtool kbprint

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 1.0 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you print a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) page that contains a background image in Internet Explorer, the background image is not printed.

CAUSE

The printing of background images is not supported in Internet Explorer.

RESOLUTION

Use either of the following methods:

  • You may be able to work around this behavior by copying the image from Internet Explorer to the clipboard. To do so, press ALT+PRINT SCREEN in Internet Explorer. Then, open any program that supports pasting bitmap images (such as Paint), paste the image into the program, and then print the image.
  • Obtain Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0. Internet Explorer 2.0 can print background images.

STATUS

This behavior no longer occurs in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION

For information about obtaining Internet Explorer 2.0, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q140649
   TITLE     : Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 for Windows 95 Available

KBCategory: kbtool kbprint
KBSubcategory: msiew95
Additional reference words: 1.0
Keywords : msiew95 kbprint kbtool
Version : 95
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: August 28, 1997
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