Saving pages From Broswer for Printing them Later

gary4gar · 04-04-2008, 01:17 AM

Many Times during My Online activity I am required to take print out of some document such as application forms,receipts, Railways & air tickets etc etc.

But since i do not have a Printer, i would like to save them in exact forum(preferably PDF) so i could print them later on some other computer which has a printer.

Presently i copy & paste but this does not work always, as sometimes custom formatting like tab spaces etc are disturbed.

So Please Help.
Using Firefox + Ubuntu

mehulved · 04-04-2008, 01:43 AM

Try print to file and use postscript printer. That should output a PDF, I believe.

gary4gar · 04-04-2008, 01:49 AM

Wrong, I tried it. the output is not reable on windows xp machine
Anyways i Got the solution Myself after a bit of struggle

System>Administration>Printing
I added a New virtual Printer cups-pdf:/

Now i can print, a New Dir named PDF is created in my HOME automatically, and all printed filed can be found there

pretty easy.

Mehul, Thanks for Your help

PcEnthu · 04-04-2008, 10:08 AM

Since you require the pages only for printing, you can try the Firefox add-on 'Screengrab' which saves the current page in PNG format. With screengrap you have the option to save

1. Complete page
2. Visible portion
3. Custom selection from the visible portion

motobuntu · 04-04-2008, 11:07 AM

I'm using bullzip printer, and it works very fine.

praka123 · 04-04-2008, 11:12 AM

^For Linux?

gary4gar · 04-04-2008, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PcEnthu

Since you require the pages only for printing, you can try the Firefox add-on 'Screengrab' which saves the current page in PNG format. With screengrap you have the option to save

1. Complete page
2. Visible portion
3. Custom selection from the visible portion

There no need of it, there is a easier way out. which is cups-pdf.
Try that, i can post step by step & detailed tutorial for it, if you want. but i think its easy enough, so you wont need any

Cool G5 · 04-04-2008, 03:24 PM

I am in search of same for XP.
I would like to export the entire page as PDF.

prasad_den · 04-04-2008, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cool G5

I am in search of same for XP.
I would like to export the entire page as PDF.

use dopdf..!

motobuntu · 05-04-2008, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cool G5

I am in search of same for XP.
I would like to export the entire page as PDF.

@praka, Bullzip Printer for XP

Pathik · 05-04-2008, 11:40 AM

@CoolG5 Try exporting it as *.mht/*.mhtml and print it later.

infra_red_dude · 05-04-2008, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cool G5

I am in search of same for XP.
I would like to export the entire page as PDF.

Use ghostscript + CutePDF

The Unknown · 05-04-2008, 12:53 PM

@gary4gar, you have one more option for this -

print the thing to a file (.ps),,

then run the command ps2pdf.

see its man page for more info

CadCrazy · 05-04-2008, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cool G5

I am in search of same for XP.
I would like to export the entire page as PDF.

Use PDF Creator. Its opensource and come with ghostscript.

Wiki page

gary4gar · 05-04-2008, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Unknown

@gary4gar, you have one more option for this -

print the thing to a file (.ps),,

then run the command ps2pdf.

see its man page for more info

Thanks Buddy for your suggestion but my problem is solved already

In a more hasslefree free manner

04-04-2008, 01:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
gary4gar GaurishSharma.com Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jaipur Posts: 4,097	Saving pages From Broswer for Printing them Later Many Times during My Online activity I am required to take print out of some document such as application forms,receipts, Railways & air tickets etc etc. But since i do not have a Printer, i would like to save them in exact forum(preferably PDF) so i could print them later on some other computer which has a printer. Presently i copy & paste but this does not work always, as sometimes custom formatting like tab spaces etc are disturbed. So Please Help. Using Firefox + Ubuntu Last edited by gary4gar; 04-04-2008 at 01:23 AM.

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mehulved 18 Till I Die............ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India, Mumbai, Marine Lines Posts: 5,792	Re: Saving pages From Broswer for Printing them Later Try print to file and use postscript printer. That should output a PDF, I believe. __________________ http://www.bash.org/?258908

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gary4gar GaurishSharma.com Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jaipur Posts: 4,097	Re: Saving pages From Broswer for Printing them Later Wrong, I tried it. the output is not reable on windows xp machine Anyways i Got the solution Myself after a bit of struggle System>Administration>Printing I added a New virtual Printer cups-pdf:/ Now i can print, a New Dir named PDF is created in my HOME automatically, and all printed filed can be found there pretty easy. Mehul, Thanks for Your help

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