Window: print() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since June 2023.

Opens the print dialog to print the current document.

If the document is still loading when this function is called, then the document will finish loading before opening the print dialog.

This method will block while the print dialog is open.

Syntax

js
print()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# printing

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
print
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote
footnote Starting with Chrome 46, this method is blocked inside an <iframe> unless its sandbox attribute has the value allow-modals.
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 6 (Release date: 2001-12-18)
footnote
footnote Starting with Opera 33, this method is blocked inside an <iframe> unless its sandbox attribute has the value allow-modals.
Safari – Full support
Safari 1.1 (Release date: 2003-10-24)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote
footnote Starting with Chrome Android 46, this method is blocked inside an <iframe> unless its sandbox attribute has the value allow-modals.
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 114 (Release date: 2023-06-06)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09)
footnote
footnote Starting with Opera 33, this method is blocked inside an <iframe> unless its sandbox attribute has the value allow-modals.
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote
footnote Starting with Samsung Internet 5.0, this method is blocked inside an <iframe> unless its sandbox attribute has the value allow-modals.
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote
footnote Starting with WebView Android 46, this method is blocked inside an <iframe> unless its sandbox attribute has the value allow-modals.
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Deno – No support
Deno
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.

See also