Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 51
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
We were planned to take dangerous goods.  Our ACARS was inoperative; so the final text was sent via email. I thought that would suffice since we had taxied out and were not able to obtain the final copy over our printer. I was advised to file a report; so here it is. We also received our takeoff data and final weights this way.
The ACARS on our aircraft became inoperative shortly after initialization. Some of the messages that we did receive prior it becoming inoperative was the initial Dangerous Goods message. The ACARS was eventually deferred by Maintenance and we taxied without receiving a hard copy of the final Dangerous Goods message. We contacted Dispatch regarding our need for the final weights and final Dangerous Goods messages and he said that he could email those to us; which he did prior to our departure.
A-320 flight crew reported; and Load Planning verified; aircraft received departure DG final documentation via email due to inoperative ACARS.