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I've been using Google calendar for over 2 years now. It does a great job of visualizing the schedule for my family. But printing is a bit of a frustration! Here are a few links that I'm researching _2009-10-07

gcal2excel is an excellent tool - printing can be accomplished in list format after exporting a range of dates to an Excel file. The Java code is easy to use on your local pc. See #5 below for the link and details.

1. Printing calendar names of a Google Calendar User - Java code using the Google API
2. Google Calendar APIs and Tools - put on your developer shoes!
3. Printing calendars in Outlook is much better and easier than Google Calendar. How about Sync with Microsoft Outlook ?
4. Google Calendar Help Forum among the Discussion categories are:
   • How do I...? Question about how to do something in Calendar? Ask folks here! 6002 discussions
   • Sync - If you have questions about syncing with Outlook, Apple iCal or Sunbird, this is your spot. 2937 discussions
5. Getting to some GOOD STUFF!!! Convert Google Calendar to Excel This is a web based conversion utility http://gcal2excel.syamantics.com/ (I'm not very excited to share my uid and password. A workaround is to change your password immediately!)
   • The source code for gcal2excel is available at http://code.google.com/p/gcal2excel/ so I guess I could run this from my own website or local pc.
   • UPDATE: runs easily from a command prompt, result is an Excel file (stored in the folder that you ran the Java file) with the following fields from your Google calendar:

• Note that Start/Ends include dates and times or dates only for all day events. Also automatically provides a summary total of the hours (which is derived from the start/end times)

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I'm still looking for a general print utility for quick and easy, i.e. flexible and powerful printing!

to look at: http://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=label:Calendar more Google Code base including

• http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/articles/calvis.html CalVis
• http://code.google.com/p/google-calendar-js/ Google Calendar Javascript (but 2007 is latest - maybe not)