Er, yes, technically that's true, but doesn't solve anything because that's not my problem. I'm able to create PDFs quite easily - they're just not usable. The output in CSS "print" mode is unusable and unreadable even with the on-screen data in front of me.
The problem is particularly bad when viewing Port details, which is usually what I want to send off.
What I see on screen: https://merlin365-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/athompson_merlin_mb_ca/Ea...
What I get as a PDF: https://merlin365-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/athompson_merlin_mb_ca/EW...
As you can see, these are not... quite... the same.
I have run into this before, and it's usually a CSS problem. If I'm using a specific browser (Chrome, i think) I can override and tell the CSS engine that I'm still looking at a screen, even when I'm printing, and then I get high-fidelity output that matches the on-screen view. Ah, found it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9540990/using-chromes-element-inspector-...
...but that is a giant PITA. Is Observium's CSS really that bad for "print" media type, or have we done something wrong in our installation?
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________________________________ From: observium observium-bounces@observium.org on behalf of Eric W. Bates via observium observium@observium.org Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 9:51:51 AM To: Adam Thompson via observium Cc: Eric W. Bates Subject: Re: [Observium] Printing / saving Observium pages?
You can print to a PDF. It's built into Mac and Windows you can add a pdf "printer" (e.g. CutePDF)
On 7/30/19 2:57 PM, Adam Thompson via observium wrote:
In talking to my external partners, I often need to document the current state of a port. Observium’s Ports screen is perfect for the task… except that there’s no way to save it, print it, turn it into a PDF, etc.
I don’t want to grant the receiving person the ability to log into my Observium instance, I just want to send them the data neatly arrayed.
Does anyone have a way to accomplish this with Observium? Right now I’m taking screenshots, cropping them, pasting them together, etc. which is a PITA.
Advice appreciated,
-Adam
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