How do I hide an element when printing a web page?

Question

I have a link on my webpage to print the webpage. However, the link is also visible in the printout itself.

Is there javascript or HTML code which would hide the lin

Answer 1

The accepted answer by diodus is not working for some if not all of us. I could not still hide my Print this button from going out on to paper.

The little adjustment by Clint Pachl of calling css file by adding on

      media="screen, print" 

and not just

      media="screen"

is solving this problem. So for clarity and because it is not easy to see Clint Pachl hidden additional help in comments. The user should include the ",print" in css file with the desired formating.

and not the default media = "screen" only.

That i think solves this problem for everyone.