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By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 07 May 2011 14:30:21 +0000

I tried it in both users.js and prefs.js.
didnt work.
firefox 3.6.8

however setting manually in about:config does work

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By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:54:00 +0000

I made the changes to my user.js file and it appears to have the same effect as “print.always_print_silent”. It does suppress the print dialog box, but it also suppresses it from File > Print.

Everything I read suggests that the print button, Ctrl-P and File > Print are all the same function and Firefox has no built in method for altering any of them.

By: El Di Pablo

El Di Pablo — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:22:00 +0000

Does Opera have this functionality? I'm not an Opera user myself, but it too is a viable alternate to IE that this user might like.

-EDP

By: PD

PD — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:54:00 +0000

I made the changes to my user.js file and it appears to have the same effect as “print.always_print_silent”. It does suppress the print dialog box, but it also suppresses it from File > Print.

Everything I read suggests that the print button, Ctrl-P and File > Print are all the same function and Firefox has no built in method for altering any of them.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:09:00 +0000

Karl,

sorry for the delay, you may have already found it, but if the user is
willing to edit the user.js file, you can do what you describe below.
Add the following 2 lines to user.js:

user_pref("print.always_print_silent",true);
user_pref("print.show_print_progress",false);

The file is located in: c:Documents and
SettingsUSERNAMEApplication DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesSOME
RANDOM #.defaultuser.js

In fact it may not exist, in which case you can create it w/ any text
editor, containing only the 2 lines above. Once created, restart
Firefox, and you should be good to go.
I got that info from this page: Section ">http://jadoba.net/PLUG/kiosks/howto/
Section ">Section ">http://jadoba.net/PLUG/kiosks/howto/
Section 4.7.4, step 3.

Jay From http://www.Mosio.com ">http://www.Mosio.com

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:09:00 +0000

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:09:00 +0000

Karl,

sorry for the delay, you may have already found it, but if the user is
willing to edit the user.js file, you can do what you describe below.
Add the following 2 lines to user.js:

user_pref(“print.always_print_silent”,true);
user_pref(“print.show_print_progress”,false);

The file is located in: c:\Documents and
Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\SOME
RANDOM #.default\user.js

In fact it may not exist, in which case you can create it w/ any text
editor, containing only the 2 lines above. Once created, restart
Firefox, and you should be good to go.
I got that info from this page: http://jadoba.net/PLUG/kiosks/howto/
Section 4.7.4, step 3.

Jay From http://www.Mosio.com

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:33:00 +0000

I love this pic also. Do we know its origins?

By: ManWhore357

ManWhore357 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:33:00 +0000

I love this pic also. Do we know its origins?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:48:00 +0000

Where there is a will there is a way. A german fellow said he can create an extension to do what you want. lets see if that pans out.

if not how hard is it to create an extension? what language do they use?

I was never much of a cat person but that picture gives me a whole new respect for the kitty ;)

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:48:00 +0000

By: PD

PD — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:16:00 +0000

El Di Pablo - I have come to the conclusion that it can't be done.

After talking to Karl and getting a better handle on the terminology, I was able to do some better searches and found many instances of people asking to do this and the conclusion is always that it can't be done.

I also looked into doing it with javascript, but that can't be done either.

Oh well, it's not worth switching to IE for, but it is a pain to have to click through the print dialog box every time.

Thanks to everyone who helped with this.

By: El Di Pablo

El Di Pablo — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:25:00 +0000

First of all, I love the picture. I have never in my life wanted to be a cat so badly.

Second, this has me stumped too. I know you can toggle that new boolean string from true to false to put it back to the way it was. I also know that would get tedious though. Other than that, you've got me.

I tried searching for plugins, but couldn't find one that fits the bill.

- El Di Pablo