May 01, '08 07:30:02AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
One of these very frustrating buggy features is Address Book's printing function, which is basically just unusable. It would be great if one could just print one's Address Book, for example to get a pocket phone book, or to get a paper backup, or whatever. But it doesn't work...
After browsing maybe half of the web, I was right about to give up when I finally found HTMLize Address Book, a piece of AppleScript that turned out to do almost what I needed. So I tweaked it a little for my needs (view script • view CSS file), and cheers -- I was finally able to get my printed address book.
[robg adds: I tested this script, and it works (though it can take a while to run if you've got a large address book). To use, download both the AppleScript and the associated CSS file. Paste the script's contents into Script Editor, and then click Run. When asked for a filename, provide one, and save the file into the same folder as the CSS file. After a few minutes (for my 300-ish entry Address Book), the script will finish, and you can open the resulting HTML file in your favorite browser. Tweak the CSS file to your liking. This hint is based on the author's original blog entry, but I've mirrored the files here, because as noted on the blog, they may vanish from his site at some point.]
