Guide

Save a Long Webpage as a Multi-Page PDF

No more truncated content or missing sections. Pretty PDF handles pagination automatically — even for pages with 100+ screens of content.

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The problem

The long page problem

When you try to save a long webpage as a PDF using Ctrl+P or "Save as PDF," the results are often unusable. Content gets cut off, images are sliced in half, and tables break mid-row. Some pages are simply too long for browser print or screenshot tools to handle correctly.

Truncated content

Browser print often fails to capture the full length of a webpage. Content past a certain point simply disappears from the PDF. You end up with a document that stops mid-sentence or drops entire sections from the bottom of the page, with no indication that anything is missing.

Images cut in half

Without intelligent page breaks, images are split across two pages. The top half of a photo appears at the bottom of one page and the rest appears at the top of the next. Charts, diagrams, and infographics become unreadable when sliced through their midpoint.

Tables broken mid-row

Data tables that span a page boundary get split between rows, or worse, through the middle of a row. Column headers disappear on continuation pages, making it impossible to read the data without constantly flipping back to find which column is which.

Too long for screenshot tools

Full-page screenshot tools produce a single enormous image that is not paginated for printing or reading. The resulting file is unwieldy, cannot be printed on standard paper, and loses all text selectability. For truly long pages, some screenshot tools fail entirely or produce corrupt files.

Missing dynamic content

Long pages frequently use lazy loading, infinite scroll, or progressive content loading. Browser print captures only what is currently rendered in the viewport area, missing entire sections of content that have not yet been loaded into the DOM.

The solution

How Pretty PDF handles long pages

Pretty PDF Printer captures the full content of any webpage and generates a properly paginated multi-page PDF. The pagination engine places intelligent page breaks so nothing is lost, split, or truncated.

Automatic intelligent page breaks

The pagination engine analyzes the document structure and places page breaks at natural boundaries. It avoids splitting content in the middle of paragraphs, images, or other block elements. Every page break falls at a logical point in the content flow.

Images and tables stay intact

Images are never sliced across page boundaries. Tables are kept together when possible, and when a table must span multiple pages, it breaks between rows rather than through the middle of one. Charts and diagrams are always rendered on a single page.

Handles continuous scroll pages

The Chrome extension captures the fully-rendered DOM, including content loaded through scrolling, lazy loading, or dynamic insertion. For infinite scroll pages, scroll through the content you want to capture before generating the PDF. Everything in the DOM at capture time is included.

Preserves all content top to bottom

Every section of the original webpage appears in the final PDF. Nothing is truncated, dropped, or silently excluded. The PDF contains the complete content from the first heading to the last paragraph, across as many pages as needed to fit it all.

Page sizes

Page size options

Choose the page size and orientation that best fits your content. Pretty PDF supports three standard sizes in both portrait and landscape orientation, so your PDF is ready for printing or digital reading.

A4 — 210 x 297 mm

The international standard used in most countries worldwide. A4 is the default choice for documents, reports, and articles. Its slightly narrower, taller proportions compared to US Letter make it well-suited for single-column text content and academic papers.

Letter — 8.5 x 11 in

The standard page size in the United States and Canada. Use Letter when your PDF will be printed on standard US paper or when sharing with a US-based audience. Its wider format provides slightly more horizontal space than A4, which can be helpful for content with wide tables or code blocks.

Legal — 8.5 x 14 in

The US legal standard, three inches taller than Letter. Legal size is useful for contracts, legal documents, and content where you want to minimize the total number of pages. The extra height fits more content per page, which reduces page breaks in long documents and keeps related sections together.

All three sizes are available in both portrait and landscape orientation. Portrait is the default and works best for most text-heavy content. Landscape orientation is ideal for pages with wide tables, side-by-side comparisons, wide code blocks, or charts that benefit from extra horizontal space. Select your preferred size and orientation in the extension popup before generating your PDF.

Walkthrough

How to save a long webpage as a multi-page PDF

Three steps to a properly paginated PDF. The entire process takes under a minute, regardless of page length.

1

Open the long webpage

Navigate to the webpage you want to save. This can be any page regardless of length — a 10,000-word article, a full documentation page, a lengthy forum thread, or any content that spans dozens of screens. If the page uses lazy loading or infinite scroll, scroll through all the content you want to capture so it loads into the DOM.

2

Select page size and orientation

Click the Pretty PDF Printer icon in your Chrome toolbar. Choose your preferred page size — A4 for international standard, Letter for US standard, or Legal for extra-tall pages. Select portrait or landscape orientation. For most long-form content, A4 or Letter in portrait works best. For pages with wide tables or code, try landscape.

3

Generate — Pretty PDF handles pagination automatically

Click Generate and the extension captures the full DOM content. The server analyzes the document structure, places intelligent page breaks that avoid splitting images, tables, and code blocks, and produces a properly paginated multi-page PDF. The result downloads automatically with every section of content preserved.

Compatibility

Works with any content type

Pretty PDF handles pagination correctly for all types of long-form web content. No matter what you are saving, the full content is captured and paginated into a clean, readable PDF.

Long-form articles

In-depth blog posts, investigative reports, and feature articles that span thousands of words. Every paragraph, heading, and inline image is preserved across as many pages as the content requires.

Documentation pages

Technical docs, API references, and user guides often run extremely long on a single page. Pretty PDF paginates them cleanly, keeping code blocks, parameter tables, and section headings together.

Forum threads

Reddit threads, Stack Overflow questions with many answers, and discussion boards can run to hundreds of posts. The pagination engine handles the repeating structure of posts and replies without breaking individual contributions across pages.

Product listings

Category pages, search results, and product catalogs with dozens or hundreds of items. Each product card with its image, title, and description is kept together as a unit across the paginated PDF.

Academic papers

Research papers, journal articles, and preprints published as single HTML pages. The pagination engine respects the structure of academic content — abstracts, sections, figures, references — and places page breaks at appropriate boundaries.

Legal documents

Contracts, terms of service, regulations, and policy documents that can stretch to dozens of pages. The full text is captured and paginated with clean breaks, making the PDF suitable for printing, archiving, or offline review.

Pagination intelligence

Smart page breaks

Pretty PDF does not just split content at fixed intervals. The pagination engine understands document structure and places page breaks where they make sense, keeping related content together and avoiding awkward splits.

No orphaned headings

A heading should never appear alone at the bottom of a page with its content starting on the next page. Pretty PDF keeps headings attached to the content that follows them, so readers always see the heading and its first paragraph together on the same page.

Code blocks stay together

Code blocks and code snippets are kept on a single page whenever possible. When a code block is too long to fit on one page, it breaks at a line boundary rather than slicing through the middle of a line of code. Syntax highlighting and indentation are preserved across the break.

Images kept with captions

Images and their associated captions are treated as a single unit. The pagination engine will not place an image at the bottom of one page and its caption at the top of the next. Figures, diagrams, and photos always appear with their descriptive text on the same page.

Table boundaries respected

Tables break between rows, never through the middle of a cell. When a table spans multiple pages, the break occurs at a clean row boundary so data remains readable. Short tables are kept on a single page entirely, maintaining the visual integrity of the data.

Frequently asked questions about saving long webpages as PDF

No. Pretty PDF Printer captures the entire webpage content and paginates it across as many pages as needed. Unlike browser print which can truncate content or cut through elements, Pretty PDF preserves every section of the page from top to bottom. The server processes the full HTML content and generates a multi-page PDF where nothing is lost or cut off.
Yes. Pretty PDF supports three standard page sizes: A4 (210x297mm, the international standard used in most countries), US Letter (8.5x11 inches, the standard in the United States and Canada), and US Legal (8.5x14 inches, commonly used for legal documents). You can also choose between portrait and landscape orientation for any page size. Select your preferred size and orientation in the extension popup before generating your PDF.
There is no fixed page limit. Pretty PDF generates as many pages as needed to include all of the webpage content. Long-form articles, extensive documentation, and lengthy forum threads will produce PDFs with as many pages as the content requires. The pagination engine handles documents of any length, from single-page articles to documents spanning dozens or even hundreds of pages.
Pretty PDF captures whatever content is loaded in the DOM at the time of capture. For infinite scroll pages, scroll down to load all the content you want to include before clicking the Pretty PDF icon. The extension captures the fully-rendered DOM, so any content that has been loaded through scrolling will be included in the PDF. Content that has not been scrolled into view and loaded into the DOM will not be captured.
Yes. Pretty PDF supports both portrait and landscape orientation for all page sizes. Landscape is particularly useful for pages with wide tables, charts, or code blocks that benefit from the extra horizontal space. Select your preferred orientation in the extension popup before generating your PDF. The pagination engine adjusts page breaks automatically based on the chosen orientation and page size.

Save any long webpage as a properly paginated PDF

No more truncated content, split images, or broken tables. Every page break placed intelligently, every section preserved.