Mervyn
July 29, 2021, 3:23pm
1
The Printing method in Google Sheets does not work using Brave Browser whereas it does when printing a Google Doc.
In the Chrome Browser, a dialogue connects you to Chrome Print Dialogue, which offers printers, etc.
In Brave, the print dialogue attempts to print only to pdf.
Seems to be an old issue, Github report below.
opened 04:30PM - 29 Sep 20 UTC
priority/P3
webcompat
feature/printing
google
OS/Desktop
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## Description
This seems to be a Windows specific issue. Going to Google Sheets and `File --> Print` (or `ctrl + p`) will show the Sheets print dialogue:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3299098/94585693-37587b80-0235-11eb-8b2c-318ae6afada0.png)
Clicking the `Next` button there should land you on the browser print dialogue screen:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3299098/94585945-86061580-0235-11eb-9b6d-17cfa82dfcdf.png)
This works on macOS and Linux, but for Windows, the browser does not display the second print dialogue box. Instead, you are prompted to download the file and save it as a PDF to your system directly.
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Visit sheets.google.com using Windows PC
2. Attempt to print out a sheet
3. Get prompted to download a PDF of your file rather than print it
## Actual result:
Get prompted to download a PDF of your file rather than print it
## Expected result:
The second browser print dialogue should show.
## Reproduces how often:
Easily.
## Brave version (brave://version info)
Version 1.14.84 Chromium: 85.0.4183.121 (Official Build) (64-bit)
## Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? No
## Other Additional Information:
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
- Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? No
## Miscellaneous Information:
Report from user:
https://community.brave.com/t/google-sheets-printing-to-pdf/165332/10
The last comment in Github seems to give a workaround until developers fix the issue, you might like to give it a try:
To anyone else who is having this problem in 2021:
Click the brave lions head icon in the url bar to edit the brave shields settings
Click “Advanced view” if you don’t see the fingerprinting drop down menu
Change the fingerprinting drop down menu to “Allow all fingerprinting”
Printing directly from Google Sheets should now work.
Mervyn
July 30, 2021, 9:55am
3
yes it works! Thanks for the info!
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September 28, 2021, 9:55am
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