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Quoth · 05-15-2022, 07:02 AM

Printing a PDF from the ebook Viewer seems to work OK.
But all my ebook creation is from odt files with and extra Save As in docx for Calibre. So I only create PDFs direct from LO Writer PDF export which has been perfect for years.
I did try both the Calibre ePub to PDF conversion and PDF print from the Calibre Viewer showing an epub out of curiosity.

As an aside I was printing drafts of books and project proposals and documentation I was writing on paper to annotate from 1983. About 2014 I switched to preview, proof and annotate on ereaders. Far superior as you can change font size, margins etc and copy back annotations to laptop. As good as reading on paper now.
It's saving money & and environment. Maybe nearly 7,000 A4 sheets and associated toner.

Dotmatrix and line printer (at work, for work docs) were cheap. Inkjet was better but I spent a fortune on ink in 1990s. Laser here for years, now colour duplex 21 ppm and hardly used. Mostly colour knitting patterns. I don't print web pages or datasheets now; copy/paste/format in LO Writer and make ebook with Calibre. Elipsa 10" eink for datasheets.

05-15-2022, 07:02 AM	#8
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,268 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Printing a PDF from the ebook Viewer seems to work OK. But all my ebook creation is from odt files with and extra Save As in docx for Calibre. So I only create PDFs direct from LO Writer PDF export which has been perfect for years. I did try both the Calibre ePub to PDF conversion and PDF print from the Calibre Viewer showing an epub out of curiosity. As an aside I was printing drafts of books and project proposals and documentation I was writing on paper to annotate from 1983. About 2014 I switched to preview, proof and annotate on ereaders. Far superior as you can change font size, margins etc and copy back annotations to laptop. As good as reading on paper now. It's saving money & and environment. Maybe nearly 7,000 A4 sheets and associated toner. Dotmatrix and line printer (at work, for work docs) were cheap. Inkjet was better but I spent a fortune on ink in 1990s. Laser here for years, now colour duplex 21 ppm and hardly used. Mostly colour knitting patterns. I don't print web pages or datasheets now; copy/paste/format in LO Writer and make ebook with Calibre. Elipsa 10" eink for datasheets. Last edited by Quoth; 05-15-2022 at 07:11 AM.