When I collect a dead specimen, I like to print the iNat observation from the desktop (browser) app and include it in the baggy before I send it to the museum. If I use the print feature of the browser it prints about 6 pages of extraneous stuff. So I mark the portion I’m interested in first. Markin…

This would be a pretty niche feature, since you can already export all your data for formatting in whatever way you want. Can you just print screenshots instead? e.g. [image]

I didn’t think of printing screenshots. I’ll have to try that next time. How do I export the observation? Thanks.

You can export all of your observations by going to Your Observations (in header), then clicking Filters>Download (bottom right corner). It will bring you to: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/export?verifiable=any&page=1&spam=&place_id=any&user_id=dellfalconer&project_id= You can choose w…

@dellfalconer , does printing the screenshot work for you? Do you think we should close this feature request?

Printing a screenshot works better than the browser’s print function, but a print feature or print “view” of the observation would still be much preferable. I would still like to see this feature implemented. Thanks.

even if this was a 3rd party thing that grabbed the data for the obs through the API and then formatted up for printing (for me A4). Would be cool to be able to select or exclude “sections” like the DQA or CID parts. Would be low impact. If I ever get time to learn how to use the API, I’ll make it m…

@dellfalconer , @kiwifergus – just for grins, i was thinking of writing something to do this, if i get a few hours over the next week or so. (I’ve never tried to write anything for printing purposes, but i thnk it should be doable.) if successful, i’ll provide the code (html + js + css probably) so y…

Awesome! For my use case, I would be looking to print an archive page to file away with my reference collection. I pin moths and have spiders in alcohol, and the traditional labelling side of things is finicky, so I was considering just including the iNat number on the label, and having that as the…

[image] pisum: what sections / elements of the observation are most important to you? (what must absolutely be included, or alternatively, are there sections that you don’t care about?) ideally, how many pages should a typical observation span? (if more than one page, what should definitely sho…

[image] pisum: what sections / elements of the observation are most important to you? (what must absolutely be included, or alternatively, are there sections that you don’t care about?) For permanent documentation, I would want it to include everything relevant to the Who, What, When, Where,…

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tiwane June 25, 2019, 11:35pm 19

OK, I’ve moved the relevent replies here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/tool-for-making-observations-printer-friendly/4513 Will close this topic.

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