[GRLUG] print to file from web page inconsistent results

[Ben Rousch]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
<awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> It does happen.  Some webpages won't print to file *or* to paper on any
> OS from any browser.  Or you get varying mangled results.  I just chalk
> it up to web-developers being too cutesy [they, as a breed, have a real
> weakness for cutesy].  If the content is really worth it cut-n-paste
> into Open Office / Libre Office almost always produces grousable
> results.

I find selecting the text I want to print and printing just the
selection works well on many misbehaving pages.

There are also a couple of browser plug-ins for Evernote, which let
you clip parts of a page and add it to your (indexed) Evernote notes.
Why use proprietary Evernote instead of ATW's locally indexed cache?
One word, Mobile. http://evernote.com


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