diff --git a/mailnews/addrbook/public/nsIAddressBook.idl b/mailnews/addrbook/public/nsIAddressBook.idl
index b5f33548974e..576ac5a415a6 100644
--- a/mailnews/addrbook/public/nsIAddressBook.idl
+++ b/mailnews/addrbook/public/nsIAddressBook.idl
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@
 #include "nsIDOMXULElement.h"
 %}
 
+interface nsIDOMWindow;
+
 [scriptable, uuid(D60B84F1-2A8C-11d3-9E07-00A0C92B5F0D)]
 interface nsIAddressBook : nsISupports {
 
     void DeleteCards(in nsIDOMXULElement tree, in nsIDOMXULElement srcDir, in nsIDOMNodeList node);
 	void NewAddressBook(in nsIRDFCompositeDataSource db, in nsIDOMXULElement srcDir, in string name);
     void DeleteAddressBook(in nsIDOMXULElement tree, in nsIDOMXULElement srcDir, in nsIDOMNodeList node);
+    void PrintCard();
+    void PrintAddressbook();
+    void SetWebShellWindow(in nsIDOMWindow win);
 };
 
diff --git a/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.js b/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.js
index da2fc626d7ab..3e4c1334ca9e 100644
--- a/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.js
+++ b/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.js
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ function OnLoadAddressBook()
 	
 	top.addressbook = Components.classes["component://netscape/addressbook"].createInstance();
 	top.addressbook = top.addressbook.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIAddressBook);
+
+	try {
+		top.addressbook.SetWebShellWindow(window)
+	}
+	catch (ex) {
+		dump("failed to set webshell window\n");
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -56,4 +63,24 @@ function AbCreateNewAddressBook(name)
 	top.addressbook.NewAddressBook(document.getElementById('dirTree').database, document.getElementById('resultsTree'), name);
 }
 
+function AbPrintCard()
+{
+        dump("print card\n");
+        try {
+                addressbook.PrintCard();
+        }
+        catch (ex) {
+                dump("failed to print card\n");
+        }
+}
 
+function AbPrintAddressBook()
+{
+        dump("print address book \n");
+        try {
+                addressbook.PrintAddressbook();
+        }
+        catch (ex) {
+                dump("failed to print address book\n");
+        }
+}
diff --git a/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.xul b/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.xul
index 067fe54bd605..854b6a2531c0 100644
--- a/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.xul
+++ b/mailnews/addrbook/resources/content/addressbook.xul
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Rights Reserved.
 			<menuseparator/>
 			<menuitem id="pageSetup"/>
 			<menuitem value="&printPreviewCmd.label;" onaction="AbPrintPreview()"/>
-			<menuitem value="&printCardViewCmd.label;" onaction="AbCardView()"/>
+			<menuitem value="&printCardViewCmd.label;" onaction="AbPrintCard()"/>
 			<menuitem value="&printAddressBook.label;" onaction="AbPrintAddressBook()"/>
 			<menuseparator/>
 			<menuitem value="&closeCmd.label;" onaction="AbClose()"/>
diff --git a/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.cpp b/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.cpp
index 55ee179045f3..118bc3ba4fd7 100644
--- a/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include "nsFileLocations.h"
 #include "nsAppShellCIDs.h"
 #include "nsIAppShellService.h"
+#include "nsIDOMWindow.h"
+#include "nsIContentViewer.h"
 
 static NS_DEFINE_CID(kRDFServiceCID, NS_RDFSERVICE_CID);
 static NS_DEFINE_IID(kAppShellServiceCID, NS_APPSHELL_SERVICE_CID);
@@ -264,3 +266,61 @@ nsresult nsAddressBook::DoCommand(nsIRDFCompositeDataSource* db, char *command,
 
 }
 
+nsresult nsAddressBook::PrintCard()
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_seth
+  printf("nsAddressBook::PrintCard()\n");
+#endif
+
+  nsresult rv = NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIContentViewer> viewer;
+
+  if (!mWebShell) {
+#ifdef DEBUG_seth
+        printf("can't print, there is no webshell\n");
+#endif
+        return rv;
+  }
+
+  mWebShell->GetContentViewer(getter_AddRefs(viewer));
+
+  if (viewer) {
+    rv = viewer->Print();
+  }
+#ifdef DEBUG_seth
+  else {
+        printf("failed to get the viewer for printing\n");
+  }
+#endif
+
+  return rv;  
+}
+
+nsresult nsAddressBook::PrintAddressbook()
+{
+#ifdef DEBUG_seth
+	printf("nsAddressBook::PrintAddressbook()\n");
+#endif
+	return NS_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+
+nsresult nsAddressBook::SetWebShellWindow(nsIDOMWindow *aWin)
+{
+   NS_PRECONDITION(aWin != nsnull, "null ptr");
+   if (!aWin)
+       return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
+ 
+   nsCOMPtr<nsIScriptGlobalObject> globalObj( do_QueryInterface(aWin) );
+   if (!globalObj) {
+     return NS_ERROR_FAILURE;
+   }
+ 
+   nsCOMPtr<nsIWebShell> webShell;
+   globalObj->GetWebShell(getter_AddRefs(webShell));
+   if (!webShell)
+     return NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED;
+ 
+   mWebShell = webShell;
+
+   return NS_OK;
+}
diff --git a/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.h b/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.h
index 5562eadc2fa6..0f4782bd3c02 100644
--- a/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.h
+++ b/mailnews/addrbook/src/nsAddressBook.h
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 #include "nsIAbCard.h"
 #include "nsCOMPtr.h"
 #include "nsIAddrDatabase.h"
-
+#include "nsIWebShell.h"
+#include "nsIScriptGlobalObject.h"
 
 #define NC_RDF_NEWABCARD			"http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#NewCard"
 #define NC_RDF_DELETE				"http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#Delete"
@@ -42,12 +43,15 @@ public:
 	NS_IMETHOD DeleteCards(nsIDOMXULElement *tree, nsIDOMXULElement *srcDirectory, nsIDOMNodeList *nodeList);
 	NS_IMETHOD NewAddressBook(nsIRDFCompositeDataSource* db, nsIDOMXULElement *srcDirectory, const char *name);
 	NS_IMETHOD DeleteAddressBook(nsIDOMXULElement *tree, nsIDOMXULElement *srcDirectory, nsIDOMNodeList *nodeList);
+	NS_IMETHOD PrintCard();
+        NS_IMETHOD PrintAddressbook();
+	NS_IMETHOD SetWebShellWindow(nsIDOMWindow *win);
 
 protected:
 	nsresult DoCommand(nsIRDFCompositeDataSource *db, char * command, nsISupportsArray *srcArray, 
 					   nsISupportsArray *arguments);
 private:
-  
+	 nsIWebShell        *mWebShell;            // weak reference
 };
 
 #endif