Applying Print Friendly Designs

Squiz Matrix Support
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Hey there,


I am trying to implement a print friendly design. The design is all good but for some reason it doesn't show.



I have a print friendly design (named printer_friendly), and have applied this design to my site using the 'printer_friendly' design code.



I am assuming now that when I append a page URL with 


    ?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=printer_friendly


that I will see the printer friendly design, but the design remains unchanged. Is there something else I am forgetting to make this work?
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Not sure about that side of things but as an aside;
Why use a seperate design at all? Just have a sepatarte "@media print" section in your CSS.

Alternatively if you <link> to your CSS the <link> tag can contain a "media" attribute. Have 2 links. one for screen and one for print. Separates the CSS more logically too.

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Got it to work in the end anyway but thanks for the CSS tip!!