Exploring the World of Printing and Bluetooth Label Printers

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In this chapter, the hosts discuss their exploration into the world of printing, including their frustrations with Bluetooth label printers, their curiosity in buying a cat printer from China, and their interest in hacking restaurant receipt printers.

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about things to consider when printing something from your website or app including loading CSS only for printing, using units in CSS, CSS counters, creating a PDF, naming pages when printing, and more.

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00:25:15 Welcome
01:27:04 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
01:52:00 Examples of how Wes uses print CSS
03:42:16 Using it for invoices or receipts
05:08:24 Delivering a book as a PDF
05:42:16 How do you load CSS only for printing?
10:41:08 Using units in CSS
11:29:15 CSS Counters
MDN: CSS Counters

body { counter-reset: chapter; /* create a chapter counter scope */ } h1:before { content: "Section " counter(chapter) " "; counter-increment: chapter; /* add 1 to chapter */ } h1 { counter-reset: subchapter; /* set section to 0 */ } h2:before { content: counter(chapter) "." counter(subchapter) " "; counter-increment: subchapter; } h2 { counter-reset: section; font-size: 23px; }