Excellent work - easier print would be nice

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Gregory Reed

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May 8, 2019, 1:25:58 PM5/8/19
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Fantastic work, amazed this is not shouted about every where.

I have always needed a way to Print (mostly) a full year view. 
Use to have outlookyearview (planet software) depreciated years ago & only worked on outlook

Using google calendar (which is great) this facility was sorely missed.
I did find Printablecal which is very comprehensive but now expensive as subscription (I bought a one off which stopped working 18months in & now its yearly!!)
I only mention as is a good solution for those in real need & happy to spend quite a lot. (hope does not offend anyone, I am certainly not promoting but took me a while to find)

But this does everything I want & more & actually much easier & cleaner to use for what I want & is free.

I noticed others wanting it round the other way & this is what I thought I always wanted but you simply can't print a whole month left to right with enough detail (even on a3 paper) so I was surprised 
when I have come round to this layout & is just so much better.

It would be nice to print direct from the page with the print button, not sure what the current one is for because you do not get any background & looks a mess.

The print to PDF as advised works perfectly just a few more steps. No hardship but would be nice not to have to save, find the location etc. & then change back from PDF next time you want to print something.
I know a really is a petty ask when something works so well & can do all required.

One other thing, I will research but can this be saved to a local location or my own www. Now I have found this I would be very upset if for some reason it was taken off github, I guess unlikely as been around for a few years I see.
I have download the zip & saved. Just wondered how it would work, especially having to access google api etc.

Also, it there a way to contribute to your development, I thought I came across a donate when I first looked but can't seem to find now. Perhaps this is not how it is done on github.

Thanks again for your good work.

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ct

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May 11, 2019, 8:05:28 AM5/11/19
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Thanks for your feedback.

There is a new version of the app currently being developed which should improve the printing functionality. With the current version, it may help to try the following:
1. Print the main view directly. 'Print' view should only be used if you need to show each event on a new line which may then cause an overflow onto more than one page.
2. Select the option to show background graphics. (Using Chrome: Print->More settings->Background graphics)

You can run the app from a local server but you will probably need to create your own API Client ID.

The 'Donate' button is at the bottom of the Settings page.
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