Where do I turn on the printer friendly option?  In 3.x there was a printer icon at the bottom that would print the entire thread without ads, avatars, logos...  I can't see where to turn that back on.

Please don't tell me that was removed too.

Still wondering how to do this.

Still hoping for a response???

no idea

There is no printer friendly version built into the software.

2 minutes ago, Jim M said:

There is no printer friendly version built into the software.

That is very disappointing to hear that this too was removed.

Are there plans to add it back?

10 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

That is very disappointing to hear that this too was removed.

Are there plans to add it back?

Not at the moment. 

None-the-less, a simplified "print-version" can be fairly easily added in via CSS (add media="print" to the CSS stylesheet include). The print-version was rarely used in 3.x so in order to remove unneeded bulk, it was removed. There was a topic a while back explaining the reason further if you wish to look.

My personal opinion: the IPS4 design isn't as bulky as 3.x so it can be easily printed.

I suspect it's more than that though.  The one we had printed without the avatars, menus, ads, and more important if the thread was more than 1 page it printed it all.  Now it will print very messy.

I had to block vb print view from guests as content skimmers were using that view to make their lives easier. Just a thought...

It didnt make their life that much easier but it was a easy way to write a skimmer and pull content from any vb based site as the print view was pretty standard across them all.