For Chrome there are some browser addon’s available for taking ‘full page screenshots’ – if a screenshot image file met your requirements maybe that’s something useful?

Alex

From: observium <observium-bounces@observium.org> On Behalf Of Adam Thompson via observium
Sent: Mittwoch, 31. Juli 2019 17:19
To: Observium <observium@observium.org>
Cc: Adam Thompson <athompson@merlin.mb.ca>
Subject: Re: [Observium] Printing / saving Observium pages?

 

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
Consultant, Infrastructure Services
[MERLIN LOGO]
100 - 135 Innovation Drive
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8
(204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)
athompson@merlin.mb.ca
www.merlin.mb.ca

 


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
>
> *Adam Thompson*
> Consultant, Infrastructure Services
> *[MERLIN LOGO]* <https://www.merlin.mb.ca/>
> 100 - 135 Innovation Drive
> Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8
> (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)
> athompson@merlin.mb.ca <mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca>
> www.merlin.mb.ca <http://www.merlin.mb.ca/>
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