This is a first world problem, and I’ve found a workaround, but I’m curious about other people’s experience.

I’ve long known that I can’t get headers and footers on printouts of web pages with all browsers. You’d think that all browsers would give me headers and footers, but not all of them do, even when I check the “headers and footers” box. Browsers built on the Chromium code base are especially bad in this regard. Firefox does reliably give me headers and footers, but other than that, it renders pages in ways I don’t like.

I often print out pages from the Seattle Times, my local paper, and the Washington Post. In a case like this, I definitely want headers and footers so I can put the pages back in sequence if I drop them. Under MacOS 10.13.6, Safari gave me headers and footers on printouts from these two sites. On my new M4 Mac mini running Sequoia 15.2, no headers and footers, even though I check the appropriate box when printing out an article—see the attached PDFs.

Fortunately I found a workaround. I’ve had iCab browser, for which I bought a license, on my system for years, but used it only occasionally. I’ve discovered that it does give headers and footers on both the Seattle Times and the Washington Post. All well and good, but it’s a bit frustrating that I have to use a certain browser to get functionality that all browsers should have.

Has anyone had better luck getting headers and footers?