I like the following article. Right out of the gate, we have someone in place who understands some of the most commons misconceptions and immediately shoots them down one at a time.
Misunderstanding #1: “We Need Separate Print Pages”
We’ve all seen this – a separate print page, linked to from a crowded, table-layoutish HTML page, aiming to serve no other need than being printed out (it fails, because bloggers link to print pages – they’re mostly easier to read and not split up into multiple pages). The good thing about these pages is that the user gets an instant impression of what the print-out will look like. Of course, the right way to do this would be to serve a separate stylesheet for medium print, and if the browser does it right, it will show the visitor a print preview.
This is old news, but why do I consider it noteworthy? Because it’s the #1 application where media-dependent CSS, on top of media-independent HTML, ought to come into play… and yet, and I’m guessing, only 5% of all pages make use of it. You’d think after years of evangelizing done by web developers, the likes of CNN or Wired would have gotten the point…. Source: Google Blogscoped
