I would like if printer friendly link can be added to a block as well, which would only print that block. It would be handy for sites that use blocks instead of content for most of the sites content.

A way that I think can be done quickly is by adding a feature where a div is printable. I am not that concerned here about how printer friendly it would look with all the html, but at least i wouldn't see the rest of the page content.

Thanks.

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jcnventura
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Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

This module is meant to work with Drupal.. Which by default provides a way to specify content in the "content" region (block).

I can't understand why someone would want to override that, but if you do don't complain about the consequences. What modules are you using that force you to move the content to a different block?

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rmaredia commented

Yeah I get your point. But there can be occasions where a side block has information like itinerary, shopping cart items, or other stuff that you wanna print without caring for the main content. Portal sites that are largely made out of blocks with no central content can make use of this feature. Thanks.

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jcnventura
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Title: Support for printing blocks » Support for printing a specific block
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Postponed

Indeed, point taken.

However, although the modification would be feasible, at the moment it's not on my priority list for new features... Maybe someone will write the patch for me :)

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cinetik commented

Too bad, I was JUST having a similar question...
I'm using cck blocks and I would like the printer area to be the "content" region and the "sidebar second" region.

Is there any simpler way to do it rather than :

  • Putting the blocks both on the sidebar and content, then adding css to display:none for the related fields in the content area (which shall then be rendered in the printer version
  • Using http://drupal.org/project/area_print, which I still have to test :-)