# Equations rendered in notebook print preview, not in jupyter lab print preview
**URL:** https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/equations-rendered-in-notebook-print-preview-not-in-jupyter-lab-print-preview/6081
**Category:** General
**Created:** [September 22, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/equations-rendered-in-notebook-print-preview-not-in-jupyter-lab-print-preview/6081 "2020-09-22T12:11:26Z")
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### Author:  [@tarjeiba](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/tarjeiba)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2020, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/equations-rendered-in-notebook-print-preview-not-in-jupyter-lab-print-preview/6081/1 "2020-09-22T12:11:26Z")
Hello!
I try to have my highschool students use jupyter lab to do their calculations and write small reports. To simplify the process of getting a printable pdf, we use the browser print dialog. This, however, does not render the equations if we are using jupyter lab, but the equations are showing fine if we are using jupyter notebook.
Does anyone know what the issue might be?
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### Author:  [@callegar](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/callegar)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/equations-rendered-in-notebook-print-preview-not-in-jupyter-lab-print-preview/6081/2 "2022-11-18T22:40:02Z")
Printing via the file-\>print menu in Jupyter lab is rather broken (and has been for a rather long time). To mention a few issues:
- equations are not rendered (as you have just discovered);
- images embedded in the notebook and referenced via html do not print ([Attached image not exported if referenced from \ tag · Issue #1057 · jupyter/nbconvert · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyter/nbconvert/issues/1057))
- svg images do not print
- and surely more.
My advice is to simply ignore the print functionality from the file menu (that IMHO should be hidden from the user altogether until it can be fixed, because the many breakages make it just confusing). If you need a printout, use `nbconvert` to html and then open the html with a browser and print it.
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### Author:  [@krassowski](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/krassowski)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/equations-rendered-in-notebook-print-preview-not-in-jupyter-lab-print-preview/6081/3 "2022-11-19T15:33:00Z")
I think these issues are tracked in:
- [Math is not rendered when printing in jupyterlab via File-\>Print · Issue #11228 · jupyterlab/jupyterlab · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/11228)
- [Embedded images do not print if referenced as html · Issue #11174 · jupyterlab/jupyterlab · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/11174)
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