We encounter many statements and reports in our day-to-day lives. Phone
bills, utility bills, bank statements, and investment account statements are
a few examples. More and more, the companies that produce these statements
are making them available online, on demand through the Web. Some companies
now offer incentives for customers to accept online statements in lieu of
printed statements delivered through the mail; customers who want a printed
record must print it locally.
The problem with printing locally is that statements produced as HTML don't
print well. The page breaks don't occur in the right place - table footers
appear at the top of the page following where they should appear, and lines
of text split from one page to the next. The edges of the reports get
truncated on the printer such that all of the account detail on the
right-hand side is lost. A much ... (more)