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When I select "Reader" in Safari (Mac OS 12.3.1) the webpage displays the text and graphics.
However, when I try to print/save this "Reader" file as a PDF, the text is fine but none of the graphics display.
I can print the webpage as a PDF when not using "Reader" mode.
When I turn on "Develop" in Safari, "Disable Images" is not selected.
I have also reset Safari and cleared the history.
Any thoughts? Thank you.
One more update, after some more analysis, it appears related to the image attribute
loading="lazy"
being set on the images, causing them not to load during print.
I could use "Inspect element" to remove that property from the img tag, then it could print ok in Safari too.
Update: here's another way, with a JS snippet to remove that attribute from all images on the page, e.g from the JS Console in developer tools:
const images = [...document.getElementsByTagName('img')];
images.forEach((img) => { img.removeAttribute('loading') });
One more update, after some more analysis, it appears related to the image attribute
loading="lazy"
being set on the images, causing them not to load during print.
I could use "Inspect element" to remove that property from the img tag, then it could print ok in Safari too.
Update: here's another way, with a JS snippet to remove that attribute from all images on the page, e.g from the JS Console in developer tools:
const images = [...document.getElementsByTagName('img')];
images.forEach((img) => { img.removeAttribute('loading') });
None of these solutions work. I've also seen the same problem in the latest updates to Big Sur and Catalina, all using Safari 15.4. When you try to print to PDF in Reader View there are graphics placeholders but no images. The problem doesn't occur on all websites so it may not be an Apple problem but it's hard to tell.
Rick_B
After spending several hours on the phone with Apple Tech Support, their Senior Analyst concluded there was a change introduced into Safari version 15.4 that causes this problem. Engineering will have to review the code. There is no projected schedule for any corrections. I have dropped back to Safari 15.3 (re-imaged my Mac to macOS 12.2.1) and use Edge (or Chrome) with the Print Friendly & PDF extension.
The same happens in Safari for iOS 15.5 on my iPad Pro.
I research and save “reader view” rendered articles as PDFs into PDF Expert or Document by Readdle to read, review, mark up and retain for later reference.
I hate it when graphics, charts, pictures fail to carry across.
Very frustrating!
Hi ajmac25.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. Make sure these are the steps you are using in order to set up the PDF mode while using Reader: Print or create a PDF of a webpage in Safari on Mac
If you still see the same thing, start the Mac in safe mode and try printing from there to see if graphics no longer display: How to use safe mode on your Mac
Cheers.
I had the same issue. The fix was to use Chrome reader mode instead, which includes and prints the images. PDF print also ok with images there. Reader mode needs to be enabled first by visiting chrome://flags and enabling "Reader" then it works in Chrome.
A work around is to copy and paste the Reader View into Apple Notes and print that way - that printed all the images but also added some html info on images - cheers
Yes. Coincidentally Safari 15.4 is when support for loading=lazy was added. https://caniuse.com/loading-lazy-attr
While it's a good feature, it sounds like it might need some tuning for print
Safari Reader not printing images
