You want to convert a webpage to PDF and hit Ctrl+P expecting a clean document. Instead you get a 12-page mess of ads, navigation bars, cookie banners, and a URL stamped across every page. Pretty PDF Printer fixes this. It extracts just the content you care about and turns any webpage to PDF as a professionally styled document in seconds.
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Every browser has a built-in "Save as PDF" option. On paper, that sounds sufficient. In practice, the results are almost always disappointing. Here is exactly what happens when you use Ctrl+P compared to Pretty PDF Printer.
| What you get | Ctrl+P / Browser PDF | Pretty PDF Printer |
|---|---|---|
| Ads and banners | Included in the PDF | Automatically removed |
| Navigation and menus | Printed on every page | Stripped before rendering |
| Cookie consent popups | Overlaid on content | Removed entirely |
| URL/date page headers | Added by browser automatically | Never added |
| Page layout | Broken responsive layouts | Clean single-column flow |
| Code blocks and tables | Cut off or overflowing | Properly formatted and wrapped |
| Typography | System fonts, inconsistent | Professional embedded fonts |
| Template choices | None — one generic output | 5 professional templates |
The core problem with converting a webpage to PDF is straightforward: browsers print the entire page. They cannot tell the difference between the article you want and the sidebar you do not. Pretty PDF's server-side engine analyzes the HTML structure, identifies the main content using extraction algorithms similar to reader mode, and discards everything else before applying a professional template and rendering the final PDF with WeasyPrint.
The entire process takes about 30 seconds. Here is each step in detail.
Visit the Chrome Web Store and search for "Pretty PDF Printer," then click Add to Chrome. The extension is lightweight and requires minimal permissions. You do not need to create an account or enter any payment information to start using it.
Open the page you want to convert to PDF. This can be a news article, a blog post, technical documentation, a GitHub issue, a Stack Overflow answer, a Notion page, or any other website. Pretty PDF works with all of them.
Click the Pretty PDF icon in your browser toolbar to open the extension popup. It will display the page title and give you access to all conversion settings. If the icon is hidden, click the puzzle piece icon in Chrome's toolbar and pin Pretty PDF for easy access.
Select one of the five professional templates. Pick your page size (A4 or US Letter) and choose a capture mode: Article for auto-extracted content, Full Page for everything visible, or Selection for only highlighted text. Each option produces a different result depending on your needs.
Click Generate PDF. Your browser sends the page content to our server, where it is cleaned, styled with your chosen template, and rendered into a PDF using WeasyPrint. The finished file downloads automatically in a few seconds. No ads, no clutter, no URL headers stamped across every page.
Every template is designed for a specific context. Picking the right one makes the difference between a document that looks acceptable and one that looks intentionally designed.
The default all-purpose template. Generous margins, clear heading hierarchy, and comfortable reading typography. Best for articles, blog posts, and general web content you want to read or share.
Maximum white space, restrained styling, and a focus on the text itself. Ideal for personal notes, journal entries, and content where you want nothing to compete with the words on the page.
Structured and professional with strong heading accents and clear section dividers. Built for business reports, meeting notes, internal documentation, and anything that will land on a manager's desk.
Serif typefaces, tight line spacing, and numbered section formatting. Designed for research papers, academic references, and technical documentation where density and formality matter.
Light text on a dark background, optimized for on-screen reading. Perfect for developer documentation, code-heavy content, and late-night reference material. Saves toner if you print in grayscale.
Different situations call for different approaches. Pretty PDF gives you three distinct capture modes so you always get exactly the content you need in your PDF.
The smart default. Pretty PDF's extraction engine analyzes the page structure and identifies the main content area automatically. It pulls out the article text, images, code blocks, and tables while discarding everything else. This is the best choice for blog posts, news articles, documentation pages, and any page with a clear primary content area. You get a focused, distraction-free PDF every time.
Captures everything visible on the page, including sidebars, footers, and supplementary content. Use this when you need a complete snapshot of the entire page layout, such as archiving a landing page design, saving a dashboard view, or preserving a page exactly as it appears. The template styling still applies, but no content is filtered out.
Converts only the text and content you have highlighted on the page. Before clicking the Pretty PDF icon, select the specific paragraphs, code blocks, or sections you want. Only your selection will appear in the final PDF, properly formatted with your chosen template. This is ideal for grabbing a single answer from a long thread, a key section from a lengthy report, or a specific code example from a documentation page.
Pretty PDF converts any website, but these eight platforms get dedicated parsers with site-specific content extraction. That means better heading structure, cleaner formatting, and proper handling of platform-specific elements like code blocks, comment threads, and embedded content.
For example, the GitHub parser handles README files, issue threads, pull request discussions, wiki pages, and individual code files with proper syntax formatting. The Stack Overflow parser extracts the question, accepted answer, and vote counts while discarding the sidebar ads and related question links. The Notion parser expands toggle blocks and resolves dynamic class names that would otherwise produce blank output.
Sites without a dedicated parser still work well. Pretty PDF's generic extraction engine uses the same algorithms behind browser reader mode, tuned specifically for PDF output, to identify and extract the main content from any webpage.
No more ads, no more clutter, no more URL headers. Just the content you want, professionally styled.
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