Comments on: How do I save a webpage as a PDF file?

Question: How do I save a webpage as a PDF file?

DuckFOO — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:44:57 -0800

How do I save a webpage as a PDF file in Firefox or Internet Explorer?

I'm not talking about printing to PDF, where I send up with a different looking thing (because of a print.css file) with page breaks, but a real "Save as PDF" function. There are several ways to do this on Mac OS X but I need a Windows solution.

By: meowzilla

meowzilla — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:56:01 -0800

I've had good luck with PDF Creator.

By: spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints

spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:01:22 -0800

I have to routinely save web pages in PDF format at my job. This is my method:

On the web page, hit ctrl+a to select all. Ctrl+c to copy. Open MS FrontPage, paste, save as html file. Right click on the html file and choose "convert to adobe PDF".

Obviously you'll need FrontPage installed. I'm using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional; I don't know if it'll work with other versions.

By: foobario

foobario — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:17:50 -0800

Install a 'PDF printer'... it's a printer driver that outputs to a PDF file instead of to your printer. You can use it in any program and make a PDF of anything you can normally send to a printer. There are dozens of free options; I use PrimoPDF wthout hassle.

On preview, the 'PDF Creator' meowzilla linked to is the same sort of deal.

By: rom1

rom1 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:29:09 -0800

PDF995 is doing an excellent job for me, even though it is "Print to PDF"

By: NYScott

NYScott — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:29:40 -0800

Adding another to the list--the one I've always used:

CutePDF Writer

By: Hankins

Hankins — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:29:45 -0800

CutePDF Writer (free) -- just like PDF Creator and PrimoPDF above.

By: Hankins

Hankins — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:32:04 -0800

(beaten to the punch and didn't even see your 'no pdf printer' stipulation-- i suck today.)

By: jannw

jannw — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:56:36 -0800

print to a pdf printer ... however some long lines and/or RH Frames may get chopped off if the HTML formatting is crap.

J

By: ejaned8

ejaned8 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:28:29 -0800

Use a Mozilla add-on to save the webpage as an image. Then use the Print to PDF function above (I've used CutePDF before Adobe) to print the image to a PDF.

By: tradeyourselfin

tradeyourselfin — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:07:17 -0800

Print to PDF is probably your best option. I recommend doPDF

By: crazyray

crazyray — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:50:07 -0800

You gotta try PrimoPDF. We evaluated at least fifty different ways to do this, and our IT staff decided that PrimoPDF was the solution.
Plus, you can't beat the price.

By: DuckFOO

DuckFOO — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:20:53 -0800

ejaned8:

I sometimes use Pearl Crescent Page Saver if I need an image but the best thing about saving as PDF is that you can search for text in PDF. You can't do this with an image file.

By: ejaned8

ejaned8 — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:56:35 -0800

There might be a greasemonkey script somewhere out there that allows you to turn off the print css file (if that's what the site is using). I couldn't find one on a quick search, but it might be worth a second look.