I am using Carbone to generate a PDF. I usually do not need to save it (though I have that working) but just print it. I can display the PDF just fine, but I see no way to print it from the PDF Viewer. I was playing with the iFrame but didn’t get it working there and also saw no way to print so did…

Ok, got it figure out. The key was a custom component with Allow popups to escape sandbox enabled. Took a little bit of figuring as I am not a React guy, but luckily I have done a bit with vue.js. The other thing that got me a head start was this post from @church . Here is how I did this with Carbo…

How to Print a PDF?

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sophie May 18, 2021, 6:56pm 6

In case anyone is here looking for more PDF tools - we've just posted a tutorial here: Tutorial: Making PDF's in Retool But also great to know the info about Carbone!

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How to Print a PDF?

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