Print Helper for Google Calendar

Published my first Google Chrome extension today, Print Helper for Google Calendar. It allows people to print multiple weeks or months of their Google Calendar(s) at a time. This is something that Google doesn’t show in the print UI – but is available if you tweak the URL that is sent to generate the printable pages. I’m not sure why Google doesn’t expose the date selection themselves, as it’s a very needed feature for those using Google Apps day to day.

Enjoy!

Update 1/18/2011: Released v1.1, which now allows more urls when determining when to activate the icon. This should resolve the reported issue. Found that the icon was now appearing on the print preview window, so released v1.2 which keeps the icon from appearing there.

Update 2/11/2011: Released v1.21, which just added the ™ to abide by Google’s branding rules for extensions. Released v1.30 – allowing generated calendars to be in other languages, show/hide weekends, and set week start day.

9 thoughts on “Print Helper for Google Calendar”

Lawrence Beals January 17, 2011 at 10:16 pm

Print Icon doesn’t show up, this is the URL

https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?tab=mc

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Jon Post authorJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:33 pm

Thanks for the issue report. I’ve updated the extension to support that type of url thanks to your feedback. Enjoy!

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FF January 24, 2011 at 5:29 am

Thanks Jon, I was just looking for something like this!:)

Would it be possible to get “Calendar:”, “Where:”, “Description:”, month names, etc, in another language?

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Jon Post authorFebruary 9, 2011 at 6:25 pm

I’ll include this in the next revision. Would you be interested in testing when that revision is ready?

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Jon Post authorFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:28 am

This should be working in other languages in v1.30 now. Give it a try and let me know.

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FF February 12, 2011 at 10:19 am

Thanks! Sorry for the delay. Just tested and could not see any change. Reinstalled extension but to no avail. Original calendar is in Norwegian but when printing Agenda everything is still in English. Chrome 9.0.597.98 in norwegian too.

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Jon Post authorFebruary 12, 2011 at 5:30 pm

That’s odd. I tested by switching to Dutch and then using the extension and had the names of days change. Can you verify that the extension is v1.30?

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1. FF February 13, 2011 at 4:55 am
  
  Confirmed v1.30. Tried Chrome in a couple of different languages: English all the time.
  
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  1. Jon Post authorFebruary 13, 2011 at 8:16 am
    
    Thanks for testing. I’ll drop you a note when the next revision is ready to test.
    
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Print Helper for Google Calendar

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