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Printing XML: Why CSS Is Better than XSL

Posted by michael on from the anything-you-can-do-i-can-do-better dept.

An anonymous contributor writes "XML.com just published an article titled Printing XML: Why CSS Is Better than XSL written by Michael Day and Håkon Wium Lie. The article was written in response to Norm Walsh's claim that CSS will never fix [printing]. Did you hear me? CSS will never fix it!. The article shows how a 100-line CSS style sheet gives you the same formatted version of W3C's Webarch as the 1000-line XSL style sheet by using Prince."

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  1. PDF is the only way to print *properly* by badmammajamma · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This whole debate is a joke. Neither CSS or XSL is even remotely adequate for reliable printing. Currently, the only way to ensure printouts will look the way they should is to use PDF. I wish it weren't true, but it is.

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