diff --git a/app/Filament/Tenant/Pages/CalendarBoard.php b/app/Filament/Tenant/Pages/CalendarBoard.php
index 0925c35..c01856e 100644
--- a/app/Filament/Tenant/Pages/CalendarBoard.php
+++ b/app/Filament/Tenant/Pages/CalendarBoard.php
@@ -419,7 +419,13 @@ class CalendarBoard extends Page
         Notification::make()->title(__('Post actualizat'))->success()->send();
     }
 
-    /** Generate PDF for all appointments in the visible period. */
+    /**
+     * PDF for the visible period is now served by the plain HTTP route
+     * /app/appointments/pdf?from=...&to=... — the button in the Blade
+     * view links to it directly, so Livewire never has to serialize a
+     * binary response (which caused "Malformed UTF-8" JSON errors).
+     * This method stays for the CalendarEnhancementsTest.
+     */
     public function exportPdf()
     {
         $days = $this->getDays();
diff --git a/resources/views/filament/tenant/pages/calendar.blade.php b/resources/views/filament/tenant/pages/calendar.blade.php
index 6341fbc..cfb6fb7 100644
--- a/resources/views/filament/tenant/pages/calendar.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/filament/tenant/pages/calendar.blade.php
@@ -159,7 +159,13 @@
             <h1>{{ __('Calendar vizual') }}</h1>
         </div>
         <div class="cv-btn-group">
-            <button class="cv-btn" wire:click="exportPdf">{{ __('🖨 PDF programări') }}</button>
+            @php
+                $_days = $this->getDays();
+                $_from = $_days[0]['date'] ?? today()->toDateString();
+                $_to = end($_days)['date'] ?? today()->toDateString();
+                $_pdfUrl = url('/app/appointments/pdf?from=' . $_from . '&to=' . $_to);
+            @endphp
+            <a class="cv-btn" href="{{ $_pdfUrl }}" target="_blank">{{ __('🖨 PDF programări') }}</a>
             <button class="cv-btn" wire:click="openNewPostForm">{{ __('+ Pod nou') }}</button>
             <button class="cv-btn cv-btn-primary" wire:click="openNewForm">{{ __('+ Programare nouă') }}</button>
         </div>
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 28691c8..8bffa23 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -47,6 +47,31 @@ Route::post('/payments/paypal/webhook', [\App\Http\Controllers\PaymentController
 Route::post('/payments/paynet/webhook', [\App\Http\Controllers\PaymentController::class, 'paynetWebhook'])
     ->withoutMiddleware([\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class]);
 
+// PDF for appointments (used by CalendarBoard "PDF programări" button).
+// Inline preview by default; ?download=1 forces attachment.
+Route::get('/app/appointments/pdf', function (Request $request) {
+    abort_unless(auth('web')->check(), 403);
+    $firstDate = $request->query('from') ?: today()->toDateString();
+    $lastDate = $request->query('to') ?: today()->toDateString();
+    $appointments = \App\Models\Tenant\Appointment::with(['client:id,name', 'vehicle:id,plate,make,model', 'master:id,name', 'post:id,name'])
+        ->whereBetween('date', [$firstDate, $lastDate])
+        ->orderBy('date')
+        ->orderBy('time_start')
+        ->get();
+    $pdf = \Barryvdh\DomPDF\Facade\Pdf::loadView('pdf.appointments', [
+        'appointments' => $appointments->groupBy(fn ($a) => $a->date->toDateString()),
+        'periodLabel' => \Carbon\Carbon::parse($firstDate)->format('d.m.Y') . ' — ' . \Carbon\Carbon::parse($lastDate)->format('d.m.Y'),
+        'generatedAt' => now()->format('d.m.Y H:i'),
+    ])->setPaper('a4', 'portrait');
+    $filename = 'programari_' . $firstDate . '_' . $lastDate . '.pdf';
+    $disposition = $request->boolean('download') ? 'attachment' : 'inline';
+    return response($pdf->output(), 200, [
+        'Content-Type' => 'application/pdf',
+        'Content-Disposition' => $disposition . '; filename="' . $filename . '"',
+        'Cache-Control' => 'private, no-store',
+    ]);
+})->name('appointments.pdf');
+
 // PDF for a work order. Inline preview by default (opens in browser tab
 // so user can print/save); forced download with ?download=1.
 Route::get('/app/work-orders/{workOrder}/pdf', function (Request $request, int $workOrder) {