Exporting an IPython Notebook Dashboard to PDF
In this recipe, you'll learn how to export an IPython Notebook to a PDF file. There are two methods which you can try. If the first works for you, then great, but if it doesn't, then try Method 2.
Getting Ready…
Before attempting a conversion to PDF, add the following line to your ~/.jupyter/jupyter_nbconvert_config.py file. You may need to create this file:
c.ExecutePreprocessor.timeout = 300
This will ensure that a PDF can be generated, and it won't timeout while running the notebook, which can happen, especially if you're importing a few million rows to run through an analysis. Depending on how much data your notebook needs to import before running, you may need to increase or decrease the timeout ...
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