PrintingTools NG

PrintingTools NG adds many printing functions for messages and headers.

This derivative add-on is the update of PrintingTools, the original work of Paolo “Kaosmos”.

Click here to view this add-on’s version history.

Original add-on’s homepage: https://addons.thunderbird.net/addon/printingtools/

PrintingTools NG Add-On Features

PrintingTools NG provides numerous layout and formatting options for printing messages, the address books and individual contacts. It is a fork and update of the original PrintingTools extension. Currently the extension supports Thunderbird 68-102

The following are the main enhancements provided by PrintingTools NG, see the options for additional features.

Options UI, PTNG Toolbar Button & Menus:

• New Options UI, localized to 25 languages
• New help
• Options access from the Tools/Add-on options or button
• Printing Options menu added to File menus.
• Toolbar button for print, preview, options and help

Message Layout & Formatting:

• Add customizable header border with CSS.
• Add header background color.
• Add Username, Folder or custom title.
• Several date formats including fully customizable dates
• Hide standard or extended headers.
• Reorder standard headers.
• Add the attachment table to header with icons.
• Hide the in body attachment list
• Show signature files.
• Hide inline attachments.
• Configure font family and size.
• Highlight quoted text color, font and size.
• Print selected text only Including multiple selections with headers
• Print multiple messages Including threads
• Automatic, silent printing including PDF with FiltaQuila (v3.4+)

PDF Output:

• Auto name and save PDF printing
• Highly configurable, token based naming system
• Silent printing with configurable output directory
• Filter characters and emojis for ASCII filenames

Print and Page Options:

• Silent printing
• Save persistent page options
• Scale, Page Ranges, Margins and Headers and Footers
• Print first page only with page range

This release could not have happened without the great support and help from the PTNG community. Thank you so much

Version 2.2.1 : Maintenance Release - March 21, 2023

• Fix print failure after single ext FiltaQuila print, non PDF #179

Version 2.2.0 : PDF Output and Page Options - March 15, 2023

• Added PDF auto saving with token based names #151
• Added Page Options for page ranges, margins & headers and footers #118, #139
• New UI #159
• Improved Help #168
• Dark Mode Support #141
• Fixed not Printing Calendar #176
• Fixed not Printing with Conversations addon #177

Issues & Questions

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Changelog

PrintingTools NG changes are logged here.

Credits

Original Author: Paolo “Kaosmos”
Developing Author: Christopher Leidigh
ListJS Library: Jonny Strömberg