Monday, March 17, 2003

New Promise Impress Weblog Posts, Spider Web Pages Equally Pdfs Amongst Hp Widget

HP today introduced a blog-printing "widget" that adds a "Print Posts" push clit to your weblog pages.

When visitors click this impress button, they larn an selection to pick in addition to pick out the blog posts they desire to print, in addition to skip those they don't. Only the text in addition to images are included, everything else including advertising, header graphics, sidebars, etc are stripped off.

The weblog posts are thus saved equally a PDF files inwards A4 or Letter format on the reader's hard-drive. For sites that produce non offering RSS feeds, HP volition offering a assort Print widget side yesteryear side calendar month (based on Tabblo) that volition permit site owners to add together impress functionality into their existing websites.

The HP Print Widget is currently beingness tested on pop blogs similar Dooce, TechCrunch, BoingBoing in addition to may expire widely available onetime side yesteryear side month. [Until then, y'all tin regard making your website printer friendly with uncomplicated CSS]

Overall, a real elegant impress solution that volition besides assistance save trees since your reader are saved from printing non-essential webpage elements.. Expect to come across the HP impress widget on bulk of blogs inwards the coming weeks. [Thanks Nathan]

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