Printing from a web application has always been tricky. This is much easier these days with the availability of numerous third-party controls that provide print functionality to your application. The reality, however, is that I have come across many projects where, when they were developed, used a third-party control to provide print functionality. At the time it was developed, the third-party control was good and did exactly what they needed.
Having this functionality available to the application means that the companies that purchase the licenses for these third-party controls, rarely continue renewing their licenses. Within a few years, however, this results in a web application that contains old and dated print technology. While there is nothing wrong with this, it does have some drawbacks.
The developers are usually stuck with maintaining an aging code base, which...
