So, you know how in the last few years, I’ve been including printable PDF versions of my recipes? Well, some time ago, I also started adding in a small photo because a) I like photos, b) I think things look prettier with pictures, and c) I have a small picture obsession-thing going on.
Did I mention I like pictures??
Anyway.
I’m telling you this because a reader said she’d prefer it if I didn’t include a picture in the printable version of my recipes because she doesn’t like to waste ink on it.
A simple solution is to print the recipe black and white draft mode, but if there are a lot of you who hate having a picture embedded in the recipe, I certainly don’t mind leaving it out! It’s an extra step of work for me and I won’t cry if I don’t have to do it. 😉
So, let me know…does the picture in the PDF bug you? Do you lurve the picture?
Or do you (gasp!) not care at all?
Let thine opinion be known.
(psst! If you need an example to look at, the Energy Ball recipe has a picture in the PDF, whereas the Aussie Chicken recipe has a picture-less PDF.)
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Kimberly
Thursday 17th of May 2012
I have to have the pictures! If there is no picture with a recipe I don't even try it.
Angela @ Cottage Magpie
Tuesday 15th of May 2012
Like many others, I usually try to get the recipes down to a single page before printing -- so I use Word for that. If the PDF was a single page, that would be EXCELLENT. I do like to include photos, even though colored ink is expensive -- it helps me to remember the details about the recipe and why I printed it out. I just like to keep it smallish and only what's necessary to make the recipe, and again, keep it to a single page!
Thanks for all you do!
~Angela~
Amber
Tuesday 15th of May 2012
I like the pictures!!
Jamie B @ merricontrari
Tuesday 15th of May 2012
Is it possible to do two versions? One with the photo and one without? I have never in my life printed a recipe from the internet - I just bookmark them and that's the end of it. I prefer pictures on internet recipes. I do also have a physical "cookbook" made from recipes cut from magazines and the like, and I have to say I prefer it when there's a picture to paste in with it. I think probably if there ever was a recipe that I felt the need to print, I'd want the photo. BUT, I also have to agree about the ink. I am an inkmiser too. :)
Janknitz
Monday 14th of May 2012
I don't necessarily want to print the photos when I print out a recipe because it does use up a lot of paper and ink, but all I have to do in that case is copy the printable text and paste it into a word document. Then I can delete the photos and print.
Some people enjoy the photos, so they should be left in. If your personal preference is not to print them, they are easy enough to remove. It just takes a moment.