Hide header and footer when printing from Internet Explorer using Javascript or CSS

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Published on 2009-01-16T00:06:08Z Indexed on 2010/05/05 22:38 UTC
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When I print a webpage from Internet Explorer it will automatically add a header and footer including the website title, URL, date, and page number.

Is it possible to hide the header and footer programatically using Javascript or CSS?

Requirements:

  • works in IE 6 (no other browser support necessary as its for an Intranet)
  • may use ActiveX, Java Applet, Javascript, CSS
  • preferably not something that the user needs to install (eg. http://www.meadroid.com/scriptx). feel free to list other third party available plug-ins though as I think this may be the only option
  • don't require the user to manually update their browser settings
  • don't render the pages as PDF or Word document or any other format
  • don't write to the registry (security prevents this)

Thanks

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