Printing a page works pretty good now, that is, the output is pretty OK for many different pages, but it would be nice if we can trigger saving to pdf/printing a page from a button. All the current printing options (safe to pdf or CtrlP) are either a bit limited and/or require to check the print settings every time you want to make a pdf.
Ideally, there would be a button action to safe to pdf with the following options:
- safe which page (button might be on another page)
- safe to where (perhaps to a (new) row or page in the doc, or to default downloads map) and with which name (allow variables from Coda fields or environment variables)
- include (or not include) subpages
- page layout (long or wide)
- scale % and/or fit to width and/or fit to length
- option to not show/print this pdf button in the pdf
- an optional setting to show (or not show) a save to pdf menu with the above options upon pressing the print button.
If there is already a work around I would certainly appreciate hearing more.
Greetings, Joost
edit 10-17-2022: rephrased the wish list
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Yes, printing / creating pdf via button would be really nice 
For a start it could even be Print (Page) or createPDF (page) similar how send page via email work where it will use current settings from browser and just instant print, where you can setup a page how you like and then just print it instead of going to . It would improve experience with printing invoices or other documentation a lot for people who are not really used to software (so you donât have to explain, go to page, press tri dots, select this than that, etc :))
Of course going straight to more complex solution that @joost_mineur proposed would be even better 
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This would be a great feature! Some of the users of my docs which are not tech-savvy have trouble getting around the current print option since itâs hidden in the three dots to the right of the doc title. (The fact that these dots are only displayed when you hover the mouse over that location, makes it even harder for users).
Maybe the solution doesnât have to be a new type of button you can add to the canvas of the doc, but only adding a print to the tools bar, right next to the âAdd commentâ button.
Just throwing some ideas around!
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+1 on this.
Also, what if a save as pdf function so you could create your own buttons where you want them to be?
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Is there any updates on formula on button to print / export?
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update please, would be really good to have this functionality 
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Would love this button! Would be really, really useful and would close the loop in terms of customer relations by allowing for a packing slips or some sort of âautomatedâ reporting.
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This definitely deserves a bump. I use âSave to PDFâ all the time, and I get very tired of changing the default page format from âLetterâ to âA4â every time (hello from the rest of the world outside the US 
). A button would also remove the need for me to include in every doc a mini-tutorial for colleagues showing them where to find the export to PDF options.
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My use case is that we have a daily report page that my team has to manually save that page as a PDF and then deliver it in a message to a Slack channel for the client. I was hoping to make it do all of that in a single button push.
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This would be so usefull !
+1 absolutely! Would any pack makers consider creating and Adobe PDF pack that leverages all the features of the Adobe PDF Services API?
I am making a POS and CRM, this would be perfect for printing tickets easier
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+1 FOR SURE!!!
This would open a ton of new use cases for Coda
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+1 This is high priority for our team. We have several reports that weâd like to print from coda but the existing print options are too limiting.
Recently, the page content export API endpoint was added:
It doesnât yet have a âpdfâ option but I have a feeling itâs coming next
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Hey, @Paul_Danyliuk.
I really donât think that using Coda API for creating PDF is a good solution.
Any filter set based on user() will not be displayed and you may end up with a pdf file that is not up to date as it saves whatâs on Coda servers.
+1.
Iâm bumping this one up again. Itâs much needed.
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I would use this feature heavily in the docs that iâm making for my team. Some pages exist to be turned into a pdf, and a button to do so would elide many steps of a cumbersome workflow. Also, I hate having to choose A4 every-single-time. Weâre in Europe, there should be a default papersize settable for the entire workspace, or for a set of docs within a workspace.
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This feature is so badly needed. Letâs bump it up.
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ah ah ah ah, stayin alive, stayin alive
we need this button!
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