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Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by rsaxvc »

marcjuul wrote: post #28

Nice feature but what is the use case for saving to PDF? If you want to save a web page for later offline reading then epub would be both much easier to implement and more useful given that it retains ability to reflow to fit different screen sizes. Are there good reasons to prefer a non-reflowable format?

A workaround for printing on Android(https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/10217)

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by yellow_lead »

cykros wrote: post #49

For those who couldn't be asked to learn how to "Print to File" I assume? In fairness, save as PDF is more intuitive, but let's not pretend this is anything other than a UI change for functionality that's always been there. A good one, sure, but nothing more.

I can't even find a print option on firefox android

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by SanchoPanda »

marcjuul wrote: post #28

Nice feature but what is the use case for saving to PDF? If you want to save a web page for later offline reading then epub would be both much easier to implement and more useful given that it retains ability to reflow to fit different screen sizes. Are there good reasons to prefer a non-reflowable format?

PDF will capture what you see, epub will almost certainly not.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by werdnapk »

shmapf wrote: post #61

I've looked for a way to print to a printer on Firefox mobile but have never found one and always have to switch to Chrome just to print. Does anyone know if it's possible yet?

I have a Samsung printer and have installed the "Samsung Print Service Plugin" on my phone. From Firefox, I can then share the page with that plugin and it prints.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by m-p-3 »

shmapf wrote: post #61

I've looked for a way to print to a printer on Firefox mobile but have never found one and always have to switch to Chrome just to print. Does anyone know if it's possible yet?

You can "share" to your print provider (I use Mopria on mine) and it will display a preview of the output.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by bioemerl »

zagrebian wrote: post #68

I wish there was a good web-based alternative to PDF.

I wish there was a markup language that gave you the full power relatively of PDF, with page sizes and all of that.

And a fairly universal converter to turn that markup language into a document.

Then we could use our pre-existing template systems that we use for all the HTML for PDFs and get rid of all these crazy systems that enterprises used to build all the PDF reports

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