topic Printing pages in Buying

Printing pages

pitti-sing — Sun, 31 May 2015 21:26:24 GMT

How do I set up a page for printing? There no longer seems to be a 'Print' link on the pages.

Cheers

Re: Printing pages

falconsportspack — Sun, 31 May 2015 22:03:55 GMT

If you press Ctrl+P on your keyboard it brings up the page so you can print it. I'm using Chrome, but I assume it's the same command for other browsers also.

Re: Printing pages

pitti-sing — Sun, 31 May 2015 23:46:51 GMT

Thanks for that, but I meant the actual link that used to be provided by ebay when you clicked on the word "Print" which used to be on the page! When you used that link, you then had the option printing the page without all their promotional rubbish, etc. above the listing.

I can still print a page using my computer's 'print' app, but I can't customise the page before printing it as I used to be able to!

Re: Printing pages

harley_babes_hoard — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:22:28 GMT

what page are you talking about ?
because there is still a link on order details page to a printer friendly copy. Not sure what other page you would what to print?

Re: Printing pages

pitti-sing — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 04:25:48 GMT

I always print out the listing page when I win an auction...it's my record of the item and what I paid. In the past, there ahs always been a "Print" link somewhere on the page which, when clicked, brings up a version of the page which is 'printer-friendly'....that is, enabling one to choose what to print. Now, I can't for the life of me see a "Print" link!

The disadvantage to this is that printing out the (finished) auction page leaves one with all ebay's promos heading the page and very little of the original listing!

Re: Printing pages

harley_babes_hoard — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 06:50:05 GMT

You have that info in your purchase history. no need for printing

Re: Printing pages

pitti-sing — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:37:08 GMT

LOL....but I want to keep a hard copy, ok?!! I want to know how I can print the listing...and why effing ebay has apparently removed the Print facility!

Re: Printing pages

imastawka — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:41:11 GMT

Click on Summary. This gives you the print option. This button will print

all in your watch list as well.

If you don't want that, then scroll down to your purchases or 'orders'

(scroll past Watch List)

Print the page from your computer. That eliminates all the advertising

at the top of the page.

Re: Printing pages

imastawka — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 07:54:32 GMT

Only other thing I can think of -

At the top of each individual listing on the right is an envelope.

Email it to yourself. Dunno if that works, but worth a try I guess

Re: Printing pages

imastawka — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:07:38 GMT

Me again, hehe

A third option, cos I don't know exactly what you want printed.

Each purchase has 'view order details' on the right hand side.

Click on that and it's a printer friendly version.

Got nuffin' else............

Re: Printing pages

phorum_junkie* — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:30:21 GMT

If that still doesn't do it for you then avail yourself of the snip tool, if you are using Windows, to select just the area of the page you want to print.

Re: Printing pages

imastawka — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:31:57 GMT

Thanks pj - I was starting to hear an echo o o o o o o o o

Re: Printing pages

pitti-sing — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:05:59 GMT

Thanks for your much-appreciated thoughts, folks, but we're no closer to solving the problem! Perhaps I should have explained earlier that I am on an iMac computer....so no Windows or snipping or whatevers.

I don't want to print my Summary page....and I don't want to print the "Order details" of my purchase. I want to print the original listing page with its photos and item descriptions, etc. There has always been a "Print" link on completed listings pages...until now, it seems. Clicking on that link used to give the option for a printer-friendly version of the page - eliminating ebay's "Sponsored links" and other advertising.

I just wondered if anyone knew if there was still a way of printing a completed listing page without the unwanted ebay rubbish taking up much of the page!

Re: Printing pages

imastawka — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:26:56 GMT

Ummmm, go to the library and use a real computer?

Re: Printing pages

chezzy — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:39:36 GMT

@pitti-sing wrote:
Thanks for your much-appreciated thoughts, folks, but we're no closer to solving the problem! Perhaps I should have explained earlier that I am on an iMac computer....so no Windows or snipping or whatevers.

I don't want to print my Summary page....and I don't want to print the "Order details" of my purchase. I want to print the original listing page with its photos and item descriptions, etc. There has always been a "Print" link on completed listings pages...until now, it seems. Clicking on that link used to give the option for a printer-friendly version of the page - eliminating ebay's "Sponsored links" and other advertising.

I just wondered if anyone knew if there was still a way of printing a completed listing page without the unwanted ebay rubbish taking up much of the page!

I hear you - and I feel your pain. The option to print, with the various check boxes (you could select what parts of the listing you wanted to print) does not seem to be available anymore. 😞

Can you do a/some screen captures of the sections you want to print and then print that out? Not sure what print screen/screen capture is called on a Mac though

Re: Printing pages

davewil1964 — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:52:33 GMT

Possibly do a Print-Screen and save it to your niche computer rather than killing trees?

Or the library thing. Or I believe there are Windows emulators available to you.

You might also consider providing relevant information earlier in future.

Re: Printing pages

digital*ghost — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:09:28 GMT

If you view the original listing page, sometimes there is a link at the top (look for a blue i banner) with a link to "view the item you purchased" or somesuch (usually on BIN items if the seller has revised the listing after you purchased).

If that doesn't work, try this, it should work as I just tried it on a purchase where I didn't have the "view item you purchased" link:

View the order details. In the URL will be two numbers, a transaction ID and the item number. Copy those.

Then, use this URL and modify it by putting the appropriate number in the appropriate spot - no spaces etc:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=[put the item number here]&view=all&tid=[put the trasaction ID here]

Re: Printing pages

pitti-sing — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:26:32 GMT

Thank you, chezzy....I guess that's all I wanted - confirmation that ebay has once again done away with a useful feature!

I had already considered cobbling together a printable document by using a couple of screenshots, but the damned pages won't 'narrow' as well as they used to for a 'printer-friendly' version, alas. Thanks, again!

Re: Printing pages

pitti-sing — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:28:25 GMT

Thanks, dg....but no joy from either of your suggestions. Really appreciate your help, though!

Re: Printing pages

brownowl-14 — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 10:59:03 GMT

Did you try going to the actual purchase history page and right clicking (in my case left). Then hit the print button and you should get the page to print out (without the other stuff you don't want).

It works for me on a pc but I'm not sure about a Mac.