{"id":2006,"date":"2016-02-04T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galhano.com\/blog\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2016-02-04T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T10:30:34","slug":"fix-internet-explorer-printing-blank-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/galhano.com\/blog\/?p=2006","title":{"rendered":"Fix Internet Explorer Printing Blank Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just ran into an issue where three different clients in the same morning reported that Internet Explorer was printing blank pages.\u00a0 A quick search on Google turned up the following article: http:\/\/www.mutterances.com\/?p=83.<\/p>\n

The problem specifically manifests itself by printing a blank page with a footer (if you haven\u2019t turned them off) displaying the following line: \u201cfile:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/userprofile\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/Low\/randomfilename.htm\u201d.<\/p>\n

To fix this issue, you\u2019ll need to bring up a command prompt (but not with elevated permissions) and type the following commands:<\/p>\n

[xml]
\nmkdir %userprofile%\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Low
\nicacls %userprofile%\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\Low \/setintegritylevel low
\n[\/xml]<\/p>\n

 
\nUPDATE<\/strong>:
\nI\u2019ve also found some information from Microsoft\u2019s site to fix the problem.\u00a0 They even include a Microsoft Fix It utility to fix the problem automatically: http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/973479<\/a>.<\/p>\n

12\/2\/2014 UPDATE:<\/strong>
\nI recently had a client contact us about this very problem but the challenge was slightly different.\u00a0 The web application (online credit card processing) was using framesets and IE was attempting to print an empty frameset.\u00a0 Microsoft suggests turning on Compatibility Mode, however, I suggested:<\/p>\n