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 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.
- 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
 
- 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+)
 
- 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
 
- 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
 
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PrintingTools NG changes are logged here.
Original Author: Paolo “Kaosmos”
Developing Author: Christopher Leidigh
ListJS Library: Jonny Strömberg