diff --git a/WebContent/printing/OSRM.Printing.js b/WebContent/printing/OSRM.Printing.js
index 5907af799..e6e313fa1 100644
--- a/WebContent/printing/OSRM.Printing.js
+++ b/WebContent/printing/OSRM.Printing.js
@@ -61,44 +61,81 @@ deactivate: function() {	// use hide route as trigger
 
 // create UI in printwindow
 show: function(response) {
-	// create header
+	// create header (using tables for compatibility with IE quirks mode)
 	var header = 
 		'<thead class="description-header"><tr><td colspan="3">' +
 		
-		'<div class="full">' +
-		'<div class="row">' +
+		'<table class="full">' +
+		'<tr class="row">' +
 		
-		'<div class="left stretch">' +
-		'<div class="full">' +
-		'<div class="row">' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-label">' + OSRM.loc("GUI_START")+ ': </div>' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-content stretch">' + document.getElementById("gui-input-source").value + '</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
-		'<div class="row">' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-label">' + OSRM.loc("GUI_END")+ ': </div>' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-content stretch">' + document.getElementById("gui-input-target").value + '</div>' +
-		'</div>' +		
-		'</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
+		'<td class="left stretch">' +
+		'<table class="full">' +
+		'<tr class="row">' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-label">' + OSRM.loc("GUI_START")+ ': </td>' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-content stretch">' + document.getElementById("gui-input-source").value + '</td>' +
+		'</tr>' +
+		'<tr class="row">' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-label">' + OSRM.loc("GUI_END")+ ': </td>' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-content stretch">' + document.getElementById("gui-input-target").value + '</td>' +
+		'</tr>' +		
+		'</table>' +
+		'</td>' +
 		
-		'<div class="left">' +
-		'<div class="full">' +
-		'<div class="row">' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-label">' +  OSRM.loc("DISTANCE")+': </div>' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-content">' + OSRM.Utils.toHumanDistance(response.route_summary.total_distance) + '</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
-		'<div class="row">' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-label">' +  OSRM.loc("DURATION")+': </div>' +
-		'<div class="left description-header-content">' + OSRM.Utils.toHumanTime(response.route_summary.total_time) + '</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
+		'<td class="left">' +
+		'<table class="full">' +
+		'<tr class="row">' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-label">' +  OSRM.loc("DISTANCE")+': </td>' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-content">' + OSRM.Utils.toHumanDistance(response.route_summary.total_distance) + '</td>' +
+		'</tr>' +
+		'<tr class="row">' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-label">' +  OSRM.loc("DURATION")+': </td>' +
+		'<td class="left description-header-content">' + OSRM.Utils.toHumanTime(response.route_summary.total_time) + '</td>' +
+		'</tr>' +
+		'</table>' +
+		'</td>' +
 		
-		'</div>' +
-		'</div>' +
+		'</tr>' +
+		'</table>' +
 		
 		'<div class="quad"></div>' + 
 		'</td></tr></thead>';	
+//	var header = 
+//		'<thead class="description-header"><tr><td colspan="3">' +
+//		
+//		'<div class="full">' +
+//		'<div class="row">' +
+//		
+//		'<div class="left stretch">' +
+//		'<div class="full">' +
+//		'<div class="row">' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-label">' + OSRM.loc("GUI_START")+ ': </div>' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-content stretch">' + document.getElementById("gui-input-source").value + '</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		'<div class="row">' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-label">' + OSRM.loc("GUI_END")+ ': </div>' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-content stretch">' + document.getElementById("gui-input-target").value + '</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +		
+//		'</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		
+//		'<div class="left">' +
+//		'<div class="full">' +
+//		'<div class="row">' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-label">' +  OSRM.loc("DISTANCE")+': </div>' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-content">' + OSRM.Utils.toHumanDistance(response.route_summary.total_distance) + '</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		'<div class="row">' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-label">' +  OSRM.loc("DURATION")+': </div>' +
+//		'<div class="left description-header-content">' + OSRM.Utils.toHumanTime(response.route_summary.total_time) + '</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		
+//		'</div>' +
+//		'</div>' +
+//		
+//		'<div class="quad"></div>' + 
+//		'</td></tr></thead>';	
 
 	// create route description
 	var body = '<tbody class="description-body">';
@@ -122,8 +159,7 @@ show: function(response) {
 		body += "</td>";
 		
 		body += '<td class="description-body-distance">';
-		if( i != response.route_instructions.length-1 )
-		body += '<b>'+OSRM.Utils.toHumanDistance(response.route_instructions[i][2])+'</b>';
+		body += (i == response.route_instructions.length-1) ? '&nbsp;' : '<b>'+OSRM.Utils.toHumanDistance(response.route_instructions[i][2])+'</b>';	// fill last entry with a space
 		body += "</td>";
 		
 		body += "</tr>";
@@ -141,7 +177,7 @@ show: function(response) {
 	var zoom = print_window.OSRM.drawMap( OSRM.DEFAULTS.TILE_SERVERS[tile_server_id], new L.LatLngBounds( positions ) );
 	
 	// draw markers
-	print_window.OSRM.prefetchIcons( OSRM.G.images, OSRM.Printing.BASE_DIRECTORY );
+	print_window.OSRM.prefetchIcons( OSRM.G.images );
 	print_window.OSRM.drawMarkers( OSRM.G.markers.route );
 	
 	// draw route & query for better geometry	
diff --git a/WebContent/printing/printing.css b/WebContent/printing/printing.css
index db8a09845..62cce0f81 100644
--- a/WebContent/printing/printing.css
+++ b/WebContent/printing/printing.css
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ div.label
 }
 .medium-font {
 	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
-	font-size: 10.5px;
+	font-size: 10.5px;			/* will be 10px in IE quirks mode */
 	font-weight: normal;	
 }
 .small-font {
diff --git a/WebContent/printing/printing.html b/WebContent/printing/printing.html
index 37d8ada84..079362dec 100644
--- a/WebContent/printing/printing.html
+++ b/WebContent/printing/printing.html
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.txt.
 <title>OSRM Website</title>
 <meta name="description" content="OSRM Website"/>
 <meta name="author" content="Dennis Schieferdecker" />
+<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7,9" />
 
 <!-- stylesheets -->
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="../leaflet/leaflet.css" type="text/css"/>
diff --git a/WebContent/printing/printing.js b/WebContent/printing/printing.js
index 37bfd8063..c3e2a8002 100644
--- a/WebContent/printing/printing.js
+++ b/WebContent/printing/printing.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function printWindow() {
 
 //prefetch icons
 OSRM.GLOBALS.icons = {};
-OSRM.prefetchIcons = function(images_list, BASE_DIRECTORY) {
+OSRM.prefetchIcons = function(images_list) {
 	var icon_list = [	{id:'marker-source',					image_id:'marker-source'},
 						{id:'marker-target',					image_id:'marker-target'},
 						{id:'marker-via',						image_id:'marker-via'},
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ OSRM.prefetchIcons = function(images_list, BASE_DIRECTORY) {
 
 	for(var i=0; i<icon_list.length; i++) {
 		var icon = {
-				iconUrl: BASE_DIRECTORY+images_list[icon_list[i].image_id].getAttribute("src"), iconSize: new L.Point(25, 41), iconAnchor: new L.Point(13, 41),
-				shadowUrl: BASE_DIRECTORY+images_list["marker-shadow"].getAttribute("src"), shadowSize: new L.Point(41, 41),
+				// using absolute src directory for compatibility reasons with IE quirks mode
+				iconUrl: images_list[icon_list[i].image_id].src, iconSize: new L.Point(25, 41), iconAnchor: new L.Point(13, 41),
+				shadowUrl: images_list["marker-shadow"].src, shadowSize: new L.Point(41, 41),
 				popupAnchor: new L.Point(0, -33)
 			};
 		OSRM.G.icons[icon_list[i].id] = new L.SwitchableIcon(icon);