You save a webpage as PDF and half the images are missing. Blank rectangles where photos should be, broken icons, placeholder text where infographics lived. This happens because browser PDF cannot handle lazy-loaded images, relative URLs, or CDN-served content. Pretty PDF Printer resolves every image before rendering, so your PDF looks complete.
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When you use Ctrl+P or "Save as PDF" in your browser, the resulting file often has missing or broken images. There are five common technical reasons this happens, and each one produces the same frustrating result: blank spaces where your images should be.
Modern sites load images only when you scroll to them. If you have not scrolled the full page, those images are not in the DOM when Ctrl+P captures it. The browser prints placeholder elements or empty containers instead of the actual photos.
Images referenced with relative paths (/img/photo.jpg) may not resolve correctly during PDF rendering. The browser's print engine sometimes loses the base URL context, turning valid image references into broken links.
Sites serve images from CDNs (content delivery networks) with complex URL patterns that browser print can sometimes fail to fetch. Token-based URLs, query string parameters for responsive sizing, and cross-origin restrictions can all prevent images from loading during PDF generation.
Some SVGs are inlined directly in the HTML, some are referenced as external files, and some are embedded via <object> or <iframe> tags. Browser print handles each of these differently, often resulting in missing icons, invisible charts, or blank diagram placeholders.
CSS background images are excluded from print output unless "Background graphics" is explicitly enabled in the print dialog. Most people do not know that setting exists, and even when enabled, the results are inconsistent across browsers and websites.
Pretty PDF Printer addresses every common cause of missing images. The Chrome extension captures the fully-rendered page, and the server resolves all image references before generating your PDF.
All relative image URLs are resolved to absolute URLs before rendering. The server reconstructs the full path for every image reference, eliminating broken links caused by relative paths, protocol-relative URLs, or missing base tags.
The Chrome extension captures the fully-rendered DOM, including lazy-loaded images that have been triggered by scrolling. Unlike the browser print dialog, which captures a static snapshot, the extension preserves every image element that is present in the live page.
Resolved URLs work with all major CDN providers. The server fetches images from their source URLs directly, bypassing the cross-origin restrictions and token expiration issues that trip up browser PDF rendering.
SVG graphics are preserved as vectors in the final PDF. They remain crisp and sharp at any zoom level or print size. Both inline SVGs and externally referenced SVGs are rendered correctly by the WeasyPrint engine.
Images with <figcaption> elements maintain their captions and layout in the PDF. The figure-caption relationship is preserved so images appear with their descriptive text exactly as the author intended.
Four steps to a complete, image-perfect PDF. The entire process takes about 30 seconds.
Before capturing, scroll from the top of the page to the bottom. This triggers lazy-loaded images to load into the DOM. On long pages with many images, pause briefly as you scroll to give each image time to load. This single step prevents the most common cause of missing images in PDFs.
Click the Pretty PDF Printer icon in your Chrome toolbar to open the extension popup. It will display the page title and your conversion options. Choose your preferred template and page size. If the icon is hidden, click the puzzle piece in Chrome's toolbar and pin Pretty PDF for quick access.
When you click Generate, the extension takes a snapshot of the fully-rendered DOM, including every image that has been loaded into the page. This captures inline images, background images, SVGs, and any content that was dynamically loaded through JavaScript or lazy loading.
The server receives the captured HTML, resolves all image URLs to absolute paths, fetches each image at full resolution, applies your chosen template, and renders the final PDF with WeasyPrint. Every image is embedded directly in the PDF file. The result downloads automatically with all images intact.
Pretty PDF renders images at their original resolution. The PDF engine (WeasyPrint) fetches each image from its source URL and embeds it at full quality. Images are not downscaled or re-compressed during the PDF generation process.
SVGs remain as vectors in the final PDF, which means they stay sharp at any zoom level or print size. Raster images (JPEG, PNG, WebP) are embedded at their native resolution. The result is print-quality output — your PDF images look as good as, or better than, what you see on screen.
This matters especially for infographics, charts, product photos, and technical diagrams. When you save a reference page, research article, or product listing as a PDF, the images need to be clear enough to read fine text in charts, see detail in photographs, and reproduce accurately if printed on paper. Pretty PDF delivers that level of quality by preserving the original image data rather than applying lossy compression.
In your browser's Ctrl+P print dialog, background images are hidden by default. You have to expand "More settings" and check "Background graphics" to include them. Even then, the results are inconsistent. Some background images render correctly, others appear at wrong sizes, and some are still missing entirely. Most people do not even know this checkbox exists, which means every PDF they generate is missing a category of images without their knowledge.
Pretty PDF does not have this problem. All visible images are captured by the extension's DOM snapshot, regardless of whether they are inline <img> elements or CSS background images. The server renders them into the PDF as part of the content, so nothing is silently excluded. You do not need to hunt through print dialog settings to get a complete PDF.
No more blank rectangles, broken icons, or missing photos. Every image captured, resolved, and rendered in full quality.
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