Problem printing pages on IE vs Chrome

[jgsmarques]

I'm having trouble designing my pages so that they can be printed consistently accross browsers. I noticed that bootstrap homepage (in v3) itself does not print the same way for Chrome and IE.

I'm on Windows 10, using Chrome 60 and IE 11. When I print Bootstrap home page, i get the following results:

Chrome:

IE:

As it is possible to see, when printing in Chrome it is possible to fit a lot more into the page. This happens consistently for all pages built in Bootstrap. I've tested with v4 homepage and the issue still happens.

Is there a way to overcome this, or is this an issue?

[Johann-S]

Bootstrap 3 is essentially in maintenance mode as we focus on working towards a stable v4. As such, we're only accepting changes to v3's code on a case-by-case basis, usually only for critical bug fixes or docs improvements.

[jgsmarques]

Hi,

@Johann-S , thanks for the quick response. As I said above, the issue also happens in Bootstrap v4. Here are the screenshots for Chrome and IE.

Chrome:

IE:

As it is possible to see, in Chrome it is possible to fit a lot more into the page than IE. If the issue can be solved (or if there is a workaround for it) in v4, one of the possibilities for me may be to use the situation to migrate the website to v4.

Thanks a lot!

[jgsmarques]

@Johann-S , do you reckon this is an actual bug, or is there a workaround?
Thanks!

[XhmikosR]

@patrickhlauke: wasn't there a related issue?

[guptgar]

Were you able to find a fix for the issue?
Thanks!