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When ever a Print button is pressed, PDF file is generated and Save Dialog Appears. I want PDF file to be opened directly so that user can print instead of Save as Prompt.

How to implement this?

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Which OpenERP version are you using?

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I am using OpenERP 7

which browser?

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Is it browser dependent? I have tried with Chrome.

firefox can be set to 'view' instead of download. The problem occurs when the web server (openerp software) you are downloading the PDF from does not serve the PDF with the correct MIME type.

When the web server serves a PDF with the correct MIME type, Chrome previews it. When the web server serves a PDF with the incorrect or generic MIME type (application/octet-stream), Chrome downloads it.

If the server returns a Content-Type of text/html Chrome will display/open the PDF directly in the browser. However, if the server returns a Content-Type of application/pdf then the browser will

How to verify if my PDF have the right MIME type? I can't autosave PDF in chromium.

to verify MIME type of a file : http://mime.ritey.com/

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Hello Anand,

You can easily print any Odoo report directly instead of saving the file using this app - Odoo Direct Print https://bit.ly/ODP15

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Hi you can use web_pdf_viewer module for your purpose

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This module does not seem to be available through the OpenERP module installation interface in v7. Wil it eventually get there and if so when?

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hi,
 You can use this link to solve your problem https://github.com/OCA/report-print-send/tree/11.0/base_report_to_printer

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