When you are banging your head against the desk, making the “evil glare” at your computer screen and cursing under your breath all because you can’t make the darn coupon print, things have gone too far. Trust me, I’ve been there before. Then, I found out this little trick that usually solves my problem. I hope this helps you with your coupon printing woes. Recently, we had a reader ask about this common problem and we hope to clarify for all! Usually this printing problem comes in with Bricks coupons. You either keep getting a “please wait” or “please install printer” message. The problem is that most of these coupons have a link that is meant to be printed in a certain internet browser (i.e. Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari). When you try to print in the wrong browser, those messages are triggered to come up on your computer. The trick below is made by just changing two characters in the link. The following is a Firefox link: hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asptqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=wg&o=53740&ci=1&c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY This obviously is not a real web address, but just to be shown as an example as to where to change the letters. Note the “wg” in the URL (I have put it in bold for you). This is telling you it is a Firefox link. To make that link an Internet Explorer link, you will simply change the “wg” to “wi” or “vi”. It will take a little trial and error to determine which combination will be the fix. The easiest way to make this fix is to paste the original link into a Word document, make the change needed and then paste the corrected link into the address bar and press “enter” on the keyboard. If the link had a “wi” or “vi” it would be an Internet Explorer link. To make it print in Firefox, just change the “wi” or “vi” to “wg”. You can also use this trick to print coupons in Safari. Just replace the “wg”, “wi”, or “vi” to “xs”. And to get a Safari link to print in a different browser, change the “xs” to“wi” or “vi” for Internet Explorer or to “wg” for Firefox. This is all clear as mud, right? Haha, seriously though next time try this out and see if it helps. I found this information out a while back from Freebie Blogger. Guess I shouldn’t have held out for so long on sharing this, huh? Let me know if you have any other questions and I’ll try to help despite my technologically challenged mind.
image via Kelly Braden
