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/EaJjcCSMCz5IhsZNxpQkfYcB1hkHhgbO2u7tbHMA8wETeA?e=DPdwnW
What I get as a PDF: https://merlin365-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/athompson_merlin_mb_ca/EWmpbOpFZZtJvDPSeIZagwIBsaCDoMT_HRnA3VGwvd4Ang?e=crw7cR
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-in-print-preview-mode/21156904#21156904
...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?
Adam Thompson
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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?