Issues with printing

Question

Hello everyone!
I have been using Trello since 2020 and it has become an instrumental tool to keep us organized.
Things have been going well until I got a recent request to make the printed trello cards look more "official". I have tried using covers, but there are no automation actions to add a png/jpg cover. I think this is an issue that could be resolved as easy as "copy cover" from a specified card.

I can accept that maybe I will have to add it to all my template cards, Trello needs a powerup for printing cards again like Agile Cards, where you could choose what sections of the card were printed.

Presently I am not sure what the next step is. If I print the background graphics it makes the whole printout grey, which uses a lot of ink, and the cover at the top shows itself as an attachment below the custom fields.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Google and forum searches haven't been much help as of yet, besides leading me to the old Agile Cards powerup or other old articles from 2017 that don't apply to 2024 Trello.

Thanks for reading!

Floyd Sears · Answer

Our business struggles with this as well. I can't see paying any money for this app if I can't properly print cards. I would say our business board we created in Trello is pretty basic since it needs to be used by all of our employees so ease of access is a must. Trello does a good job with that. But again, not being able to print the basics neatly has limited us. Resorted to printing the card through the Share button but it doesn't print nicely, and at cost of a lot of unused white space on the paper.

Copy - Paste has also worked. Paste to notepad, hit Enter in the right spots to space things out. This is my only way to get everything on one page.

Mat_w4y9na · Answer

Hi John,

The idea to add a card cover to a template card is a good one, but you will have to update the current cards manually, if not via a Trello API. There could be third-party Power-up that can help with bulk actions but I don't have a particular one in mind.

Because we built Trello for web and mobile application, it doesn't have very robust built-in printing support. While we do offer printing in the app, it's not a heavily focused feature: https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/printing-in-trello/

However, we are aware of third-party Power-Ups that allow for some more customizable printing from Trello, which you may want to check out: https://trello.com/power-ups/search?q=print

Hope this helps, but let us know if you have any questions. 
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