Print from Knitty, now with Pictures!

Okay, that last post about the css file and all that? Ignore that. With a ton of help from some non-knitter friends, I created a userscript that is amazingly awesome. Mainly, after you install it, you’ll get an option on every knitty pattern page to either print with images, or print text only. In fact, I took a screenshot, so you can see what it’ll look like:

See those two links up top? They’ll show up on every knitty pattern.

So, how do you get the awesomeness?

• You must have Firefox 1.5.
• You must install the greasemonkey extension. greasemonkey lets you write all sorts of userscripts that change how webpages are displayed. It’s amazingly cool. However, you do need to know javascript. Or, you need to have long suffering friends who will write a zillion examples for you until you figure it out. Or, you can just download scripts folks have already written.
• Once you have Firefox and greasemonkey, just click this link:
  http://www.houseofcritters.org/widget/knittycleaner16.user.js
  You’ll get an option to install the script - just click install.
• Then, go to your favorite knitty pattern page.

The main issue is that if you print the page with images, some images may span two pages. There isn’t much I can do about it - it happens in the non-print versions of knitty as well. It’s a browser thing, and I haven’t figured out a way to deal with it. Also, I’ve found that print preview can make it look like the text will overlap the images - when I’ve printed though, that hasn’t been the case.

So, enjoy!