How to use HTML to print header and footer on every printed page of a document?
Is it possible to print HTML pages with custom headers and footers on each printed page?
I'd like to add the word "UNCLASSIFIED" in Red, Arial, size 16pt to the top and bottom of every printed page, regardless of the content.
To clarify, if the document was printed onto 5 pages, each page should have the custom header and footer.
Does anybody know if this is possible using HTML/CSS?
If you take the element that you want to be the footer and set it to be position:fixed and bottom:0, when the page prints it will repeat that element at the bottom of each printed page. The same would work for a header element, just set top:0 instead.
For example:
<div class="divFooter">UNCLASSIFIED</div>
CSS:
@media screen {
div.divFooter {
display: none;
}
}
@media print {
div.divFooter {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
}
}
I believe the correct answer is that HTML 5 and CSS3 have no support for printing page header and footers in print media.
And while you might be able to simulate it with:
- tables
- fixed position blocks
they each have bugs that prevent them from being the ideal general solution.
I just spent the better half of my day coming up with a solution that actually worked for me and thought I would share what I did. The problem with the solutions above that I was having was that all of my paragraph elements would overlap with the footer I wanted at the bottom of the page. In order to get around this, I used the following CSS:
footer {
font-size: 9px;
color: #f00;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
size: A4;
margin: 11mm 17mm 17mm 17mm;
}
@media print {
footer {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
}
.content-block, p {
page-break-inside: avoid;
}
html, body {
width: 210mm;
height: 297mm;
}
}
The page-break-inside for p and content-block was crucial for me. Any time I have a p following an h*, I wrap them both in a div class = "content-block"> to ensure they stay together and don't break.
I'm hoping that someone finds this useful because it took me about 3 hours to figure out (I'm also new to CSS/HTML, so there's that...)
EDIT
Per a request in the comments, I am adding an example HTML document. You'll want to copy this into an HTML file, open it, and then choose to print the page. The print preview should show this working. It worked in Firefox and IE on my end, but Chrome made the font small enough to fit on one page, so it didn't work there.
footer {
font-size: 9px;
color: #f00;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
size: A4;
margin: 11mm 17mm 17mm 17mm;
}
@media print {
footer {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
}
.content-block, p {
page-break-inside: avoid;
}
html, body {
width: 210mm;
height: 297mm;
}
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1>
Example Document
</h1>
<div>
<p>
This is an example document that shows how to have a footer that repeats at the bottom of every page, but also isn't covered up by paragraph text.
</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>
Example Section I
</h3>
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vestibulum metus sit amet urna lobortis sollicitudin. Nulla mattis purus porta lorem tempor, a cursus tellus facilisis. Aliquam pretium nibh vitae elit placerat vestibulum. Duis felis ipsum, consectetur id pellentesque in, porta sit amet sapien. Ut tristique enim sem, laoreet bibendum nisl fermentum vitae. Ut aliquet sem ac lorem malesuada sodales. Fusce iaculis ipsum ex, in mollis dolor dapibus sit amet. In convallis felis in orci fermentum gravida a vel orci. Sed tincidunt porta nibh sit amet varius. Donec et odio eget odio tempus auctor ac eget ex.
Pellentesque vitae augue sed purus dictum ultricies at eu neque. Nullam ut mauris a purus tristique euismod. Sed elementum, leo id placerat congue, leo tellus pharetra orci, eget ultricies odio quam sit amet ipsum. Praesent feugiat, lorem at commodo egestas, felis ligula pharetra sapien, in placerat mauris nisi aliquet tortor. Quisque nibh lectus, laoreet vel mollis a, tincidunt vel ipsum. Sed blandit vehicula sollicitudin. Donec et sapien justo. Ut fermentum ipsum imperdiet diam condimentum, eget varius sapien dictum. Sed sed elit egestas libero maximus finibus eu eget massa.
Duis finibus vestibulum finibus. Nunc lobortis lacus ut libero mattis tempor. Nulla a nunc at nisl elementum congue. Nunc eu consectetur mauris. Etiam non placerat massa. Etiam eu urna in metus tempus molestie sed eget diam. Nunc sem velit, elementum sit amet fringilla in, dictum sit amet sem. Quisque convallis faucibus purus dignissim dictum. Sed semper, mi vel accumsan sollicitudin, massa massa pellentesque justo, eget auctor sapien enim ac elit.
Nullam turpis augue, lacinia ut libero ac, rhoncus bibendum ligula. Mauris ullamcorper maximus turpis, a consequat turpis bibendum sit amet. Nam vitae dui nec velit hendrerit faucibus. Vivamus nunc diam, porta tristique augue nec, dignissim venenatis felis. Proin mattis id risus in feugiat. Etiam cursus faucibus nisi. In in nisi ullamcorper, convallis lectus et, ornare nulla. Cras tristique nulla eros, non maximus odio imperdiet eu. Nullam egestas dignissim est, et fringilla odio pretium eleifend. Nullam tincidunt sapien fermentum, rhoncus risus ac, ullamcorper libero. Vestibulum bibendum molestie dui nec tincidunt. Mauris tempus, orci ut congue vulputate, erat orci aliquam orci, sed eleifend orci dui sed tellus. Pellentesque pellentesque massa vulputate urna pretium, consectetur pulvinar orci pulvinar.
Donec aliquet imperdiet ex, et tincidunt risus convallis eget. Etiam eu fermentum lectus, molestie eleifend nisi. Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Nullam dignissim, erat vitae congue molestie, ante urna sagittis est, et sagittis lacus risus vitae est. Sed elementum ipsum et pellentesque dignissim. Sed vehicula feugiat pretium. Donec ex lacus, dictum faucibus lectus sit amet, tempus hendrerit ante. Ut sollicitudin sodales metus, at placerat risus viverra ut.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vestibulum metus sit amet urna lobortis sollicitudin. Nulla mattis purus porta lorem tempor, a cursus tellus facilisis. Aliquam pretium nibh vitae elit placerat vestibulum. Duis felis ipsum, consectetur id pellentesque in, porta sit amet sapien. Ut tristique enim sem, laoreet bibendum nisl fermentum vitae. Ut aliquet sem ac lorem malesuada sodales. Fusce iaculis ipsum ex, in mollis dolor dapibus sit amet. In convallis felis in orci fermentum gravida a vel orci. Sed tincidunt porta nibh sit amet varius. Donec et odio eget odio tempus auctor ac eget ex.
Duis finibus vestibulum finibus. Nunc lobortis lacus ut libero mattis tempor. Nulla a nunc at nisl elementum congue. Nunc eu consectetur mauris. Etiam non placerat massa. Etiam eu urna in metus tempus molestie sed eget diam. Nunc sem velit, elementum sit amet fringilla in, dictum sit amet sem. Quisque convallis faucibus purus dignissim dictum. Sed semper, mi vel accumsan sollicitudin, massa massa pellentesque justo, eget auctor sapien enim ac elit.
Nullam turpis augue, lacinia ut libero ac, rhoncus bibendum ligula. Mauris ullamcorper maximus turpis, a consequat turpis bibendum sit amet. Nam vitae dui nec velit hendrerit faucibus. Vivamus nunc diam, porta tristique augue nec, dignissim venenatis felis. Proin mattis id risus in feugiat. Etiam cursus faucibus nisi. In in nisi ullamcorper, convallis lectus et, ornare nulla. Cras tristique nulla eros, non maximus odio imperdiet eu. Nullam egestas dignissim est, et fringilla odio pretium eleifend. Nullam tincidunt sapien fermentum, rhoncus risus ac, ullamcorper libero.
</p>
</div>
<div class="content-block">
<h3>Example Section II</h3>
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vestibulum metus sit amet urna lobortis sollicitudin. Nulla mattis purus porta lorem tempor, a cursus tellus facilisis. Aliquam pretium nibh vitae elit placerat vestibulum. Duis felis ipsum, consectetur id pellentesque in, porta sit amet sapien. Ut tristique enim sem, laoreet bibendum nisl fermentum vitae. Ut aliquet sem ac lorem malesuada sodales. Fusce iaculis ipsum ex, in mollis dolor dapibus sit amet. In convallis felis in orci fermentum gravida a vel orci. Sed tincidunt porta nibh sit amet varius. Donec et odio eget odio tempus auctor ac eget ex.
Pellentesque vitae augue sed purus dictum ultricies at eu neque. Nullam ut mauris a purus tristique euismod. Sed elementum, leo id placerat congue, leo tellus pharetra orci, eget ultricies odio quam sit amet ipsum. Praesent feugiat, lorem at commodo egestas, felis ligula pharetra sapien, in placerat mauris nisi aliquet tortor. Quisque nibh lectus, laoreet vel mollis a, tincidunt vel ipsum. Sed blandit vehicula sollicitudin. Donec et sapien justo. Ut fermentum ipsum imperdiet diam condimentum, eget varius sapien dictum. Sed sed elit egestas libero maximus finibus eu eget massa.
</p>
</div>
<footer>
This is the text that goes at the bottom of every page.
</footer>
</body>
</html>