Print Friendly for Chrome optimizes Web pages for printing

January 04, 2013

Before Print Friendly & PDF To paraphrase Forrest Gump, printing Web pages is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're gonna get. Well, okay, if you preview the pages first, you'll have some idea—but there's a good chance you won't like what you're gonna get. That's because most Web sites are packed with ads, banners, graphics, and other clutter that don't always translate well to the printed page. If nothing else, you can end up with lots of extraneous pages, which wastes both ink and paper. Google Chrome extension Print Friendly & PDF lets you print smarter. Specifically, it strips out the ads and other clutter, formats the page for optimal printing, then gives you the option of removing individual elements you might not want. Oh, and true to its name, it lets you bypass paper altogether and print those pages as nicely formatted PDFs instead. I was going to use PC World as an example, but it turns out we already give you a pretty junk-free printout. So click over to this Gizmodo page instead (Ctrl-click the link to open it in a new tab), then click Chrome's Print option (Ctrl-P). To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023706/print-friendly-for-chrome-optimizes-web-pages-for-printing.html