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"Printing is Ugly" with Joel Meador and Charles Suggs
In Episode 7 of Elixir Wizards Office Hours, SmartLogic Engineers Joel Meador and Charles Suggs join host Owen Bickford to tackle the often tricky task of adding print functionality to web applications. They discuss their recent experiences with browser-based printing and the hurdles of cross-browser compatibility, consistent styling, and dynamic content generation, such as headers and footers.
The trio delves into the limitations of current printing capabilities in browsers, the potential of server-side PDF generation, and the necessity of juggling separate templates for web and print. They also consider accessibility for printed content and the demands of delivering high-fidelity, pixel-perfect prints.
Throughout the episode, Joel, Charles, and Owen offer up practical advice for developers grappling with similar issues, emphasizing the need for thorough research, proactive problem-solving, and the exploration of both in-browser and external PDF generation solutions.
Key topics discussed in this episode:
Links mentioned:
CSS3 https://css3.com/
WeasyPrint https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint
WebKit https://webkit.org/
Pdf.js https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
YesLogic Prince 15 https://www.princexml.com/
PrintXML https://gist.github.com/craiga/2934093
PDF/A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A
The PDF/A Family of Archiving Standards https://www.pdflib.com/pdf-knowledge-base/pdfa/the-pdfa-standards/
PDF/X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X
Microsoft Encarta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta
Special Guests: Charles Suggs and Joel Meador.
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In Episode 7 of Elixir Wizards Office Hours, SmartLogic Engineers Joel Meador and Charles Suggs join host Owen Bickford to tackle the often tricky task of adding print functionality to web applications. They discuss their recent experiences with browser-based printing and the hurdles of cross-browser compatibility, consistent styling, and dynamic content generation, such as headers and footers.
The trio delves into the limitations of current printing capabilities in browsers, the potential of server-side PDF generation, and the necessity of juggling separate templates for web and print. They also consider accessibility for printed content and the demands of delivering high-fidelity, pixel-perfect prints.
Throughout the episode, Joel, Charles, and Owen offer up practical advice for developers grappling with similar issues, emphasizing the need for thorough research, proactive problem-solving, and the exploration of both in-browser and external PDF generation solutions.
Key topics discussed in this episode:
Links mentioned:
CSS3 https://css3.com/
WeasyPrint https://github.com/Kozea/WeasyPrint
WebKit https://webkit.org/
Pdf.js https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js
YesLogic Prince 15 https://www.princexml.com/
PrintXML https://gist.github.com/craiga/2934093
PDF/A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A
The PDF/A Family of Archiving Standards https://www.pdflib.com/pdf-knowledge-base/pdfa/the-pdfa-standards/
PDF/X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X
Microsoft Encarta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta
Special Guests: Charles Suggs and Joel Meador.
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