“Print to printer” functionality in a plugin

Question

I want to add "print" button to print simple reports in a plugin. The basic idea I have is to generate a printer friendly html page and redirect user to that page where he/she can use browser's print functionality.

How good is that solution? Is there any other alternative?

Answer 1

check out WP Print Friendly plugin which extends WordPress template system to support printer-friendly templates. Works with permalink structures to support nice URLs.