1. A system comprising: a first computer; and an application server running on the first computer that serves a web based application to a container application running on a second computer separate from the first computer, wherein the web based application, served from the first computer, lays out web based application content in conformance with at least one printer setting associated with a printer driver installed on the second computer, wherein the web based application content is received from a content server; wherein the web based application uses the container application to access at least one printer setting, the at least one print setting comprising a printer resolution and specifying a printer font; wherein a window comprising a content area includes a displayed document comprising the web based application content; and wherein the displayed document is laid out in conformance with a display resolution and with the printer resolution.