The makesPDF plugin is live in the Obsidian community plugin directory. Open Settings, Community plugins, Browse, search for "MakesPDF", and install. Then export the current note from the ribbon icon or the command palette ("Export current note to PDF").
Obsidian's own export prints the rendered view. This goes through POST /api/v1/md instead, so you get the same tagged output as every other entry point: real heading structure, alt text on figures, table headers, and reading order, dual-compliant by construction (PDF/A-2A + PDF/UA-1).
Obsidian-specific syntax is translated to GitHub Flavored Markdown on the way out, so notes written the way you actually write them come through intact:
- Wikilinks (
[[Page]],[[Page|Alias]]) resolve to their display text. - Transcluded notes (
![[Note]],![[Note#Heading]]) are inlined, up to three levels deep, with cycle detection. - Callouts (
> [!tip],> [!danger]) map to the closest GFM alert, keeping their custom titles. - Highlights,
%%comments%%,#tags, block references, and sized image embeds (![[diagram.png|600]]) are each handled.
Local images are read from your vault and embedded in the PDF, so attachments do not need to be published anywhere first.
No account is required: exports up to 20 pages run on the free anonymous path. Add an API key from Settings, API Keys for higher limits, larger documents, and saved renders. PDFs are written back into your vault, next to the note or into a folder you choose.