Hi, I know improved search is already on the list (so I won't belabor my search attempts to verify this request isn't already addressed), but I also request:

1. print.module be enabled on drupal.org, and
2. links for "print" and "print with comments" be put on the templates

Right now, only the handbooks can be easily printed.

Thanks, Karl

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Brian@brianpuccio.net’s picture

Or, in the alternative, handle the formatting of printed pages with CSS.

sepeck’s picture

It already does this for me. Does it not for you? I hit print preview in Firefox or IE6 and the blocks all disappear.

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide

Brian@brianpuccio.net’s picture

Indeed, it does. (Epiphany on Linux)

Sorry, thought it didn't reformat the page based upon OP's post.

sepeck’s picture

I only really know because I asked the same question a year ago. :)

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain

-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide

karldied’s picture

Thanks. It is, I'm now certain, an issue with my Windows IE browser at work. My Mozilla browser doesn't generate the problems.

FWIW, the problem on the Win IE (v6?, I'll have to check when back at the office next Monday) showed nothing on the first print page except the Drupal logo, and the content that should have been there was lost (off the right margin?), and the second print page came out with a three-inch left margin, and the right 3" of text was lost off the right margin.

-Karl

Muslim guy’s picture

How does the block disappear..... magically

Hmmm it didnt work for my site (Drupal 4.7.x)

*BTW the Drupal page/forum/etc with `Print preview' cannot be `Saved as HTML', must be printed, or print to file

djpurpose’s picture

I'm working on http://sacdigital.com and the printing is not working right. I will try a different browser maybe. I tried full color printing on the printer on the brochure page at http://sacdigital.com/brochures-c-43.html but the printing didn't look quite right.

karldied’s picture

Hi,

Here the issue: I save some nodes for review off line.
Handbook pages have "printer-friendly version" link; this re-formats the page, which then can be saved as compact html.
Other pages don't. I do print-preview, they come out right, but must be saved as pdfs; big files.

The problem I was having previously was that the print view of forum pages would displace the text that was below the header off the right side of the page (in the Win IE described) on the first page, and, on page 2, shift it 4 inches right (losing half the text off the right margin). Subsequent pages were fine. This is the issue that is resolved. The usefulness of "printer-friendly" link on all drupal.org pages remains.

-Karl

alt_paul’s picture

I agree. I'd consider this a critical thing for Drupal to handle; it shouldn't be just printing individual nodes with the print module.

Views is awesome in giving you so much control over what is displayed, and then you can't print it out. A view will only spit the information onto page 1, it displays fine but won't print.

The only workaround I have at the moment, is saving the URL as a favorite, and then going into Word or Excel and opening the link URL favorite. Anyone else have any ideas?

l8a’s picture

"It already does this for me. Does it not for you? I hit print preview in Firefox or IE6 and the blocks all disappear."

That is correct. But what I´m totally missing is a conversion for the hyperlinks.

"some headline
visit <a href="http://foo.bar">this page to see something"

should be printed as

"some headline
visit this page² to see something"

along with some kind of footnodes like
² http://foo.bar

iandickson’s picture

This is a problem for me - see www.xerrit.com

The blocks are staying put, resulting in bad printing layout, (inc in Firefox). I need to get rid of them when printing.

I've searched drupal.org but can't find anything that tells me why...

Theme is based on box grey.

an Dickson - community specialist.
www.emint.org - Association of Online Community Professionals

sampelo’s picture

the request