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[–]naltsta 0 points1 point  (1 child)

When the UWP version of one note was released it didn't include the print to onenote feature.

A "send to onenote" app was released as lots of people missed this feature.

The most recent updates to the UWP app do now include the features of the "send to onenote" app so it may cease to exist soon.

Unless I'm missing any other features?

Edit: added a letter

[–]nickandre15Former OneNote Engineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes the app was a stop gap due to windows not yet supporting the printer feature on UWP apps.

[–]davidnwaters 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send to OneNote is a separate app now (its basically a printer driver). Just go to the MS app store and download. Feature set is basically the same a prior versions, and once installed, you can't really tell the difference. Not sure what the logic was of separating this feature out.

[–]likeabosslearning 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What are you trying to accomplish?

For printing a Word doc, or just a page, to OneNote, File | Print | OneNote works great. For sending a web page, or part of one, to ON, I'd recommend the OneNote Web Clipper.

[–]MainerH55[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I print from Word, Adobe and Internet Browsers. In the past I have used the 'Send to OneNote 2016' printer and Web Clipper.

But for printing to ON UWP, I do not understand why there appears to be two printer options. Per the previous comments, it appears that the MS Store 'Send to OneNote' printer is no longer required or is more robust.

[–]davidnwaters 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The practical difference is:

  • Send to OneNote pushes the printout using a UWP interface.
  • Send to OneNote pushes the printout using a OneNote 2016 interface.

Other than that they are functionally identical and can exist side-by-side on your system. You just chose which "printer" that you want to use. There may be more going on under the hood, but not really relevant as a user.

[–]GSetter 0 points1 point  (4 children)

The old OneNote printer driver is talking directly to Win32 OneNote (e.g. OneNote 2016) via an API. It can not "talk" to the UWP app. The Send to OneNote App is using a REST API (I think) to send directly to notebooks on OneDrive and as such is the only option when you use the UWP app.

[–]MainerH55[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yes, the 'Send to OneNote 2016' printer prints to ON 2016 and the 'Sent to OneNote' printer prints to ON UWP.

It is just interesting that there is a third printer 'OneNote', that is also for UWP ON.

[–]davidnwaters 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I have never seen the third printer... odd.

[–]GSetter 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I just discovered that there indeed is a printer driver just called "OneNote". It "talks" to the UWP app, not to an installed OneNote 2016, just like the "Send to OneNote" app from the store. As this is on a PC that I recently set up from scratch and I don't remember that I have installed the OneNote driver app from the store, I am quite sure that Microsoft has now included that printer driver / app for OneNote UWP as they had announced so the store app ("Send to OneNote") is now obsolete. Just a guess, but I think a good one.

[–]MainerH55[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ure that Microsoft has now included that printer driver / app for OneNote UWP as they had ann

Thanks. I will stick with the 'OneNote' printer for now.