Print specific part of webpage

You can use simple JavaScript to print a specific div from a page.

var prtContent = document.getElementById("your div id");
var WinPrint = window.open('', '', 'left=0,top=0,width=800,height=900,toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,status=0');
WinPrint.document.write(prtContent.innerHTML);
WinPrint.document.close();
WinPrint.focus();
WinPrint.print();
WinPrint.close();

Instead of all the complicated JavaScript, you can actually achieve this with simple CSS: just use two CSS files, one for your normal screen display, and another for the display of ONLY the content you wish to print. In this latter file, hide everything you don't want printed, display only the pop up.

Remember to define the media attribute of both CSS files:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="screen-css.css" media="all" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="print-css.css" media="print" />

I made this jQuery extension to print the HTML of the element selected: $('#div2').print();

$.fn.extend({
    print: function() {
        var frameName = 'printIframe';
        var doc = window.frames[frameName];
        if (!doc) {
            $('<iframe>').hide().attr('name', frameName).appendTo(document.body);
            doc = window.frames[frameName];
        }
        doc.document.body.innerHTML = this.html();
        doc.window.print();
        return this;
    }
});

See it in action here.


You would have to open a new window(or navigate to a new page) containing just the information you wish the user to be able to print

Javscript:

function printInfo(ele) {
    var openWindow = window.open("", "title", "attributes");
    openWindow.document.write(ele.previousSibling.innerHTML);
    openWindow.document.close();
    openWindow.focus();
    openWindow.print();
    openWindow.close();
}

HTML:

<div id="....">
    <div>
        content to print
    </div><a href="#" onclick="printInfo(this)">Print</a>
</div>

A few notes here: the anchor must NOT have whitespace between it and the div containing the content to print