PDFit is a Chrome extension to convert a website to PDF, splitting it into individual A4 pages.
What you see is what you get!
If you have ever tried printing a webpage or converting it to a multipage PDF, you've probably encountered this issue: More often than not what you end up printing looks quite different to the actual website.
This extension is for when your browser's built-in print function fails you.
How can it be that in a world of self-driving cars and quantum computers, you still can't properly print websites? That is why, together with my good friend Alexandra, I decided to tackle this very problem and develop a simple Chrome extension that enables the printing of webpages as is.
To convert the current tab to PDF, just click on the extension in your address bar and a print dialogue will open in a pop-up window. You can now either print the website or save it as a pdf.
- Clone the repo
- Open Chrome
- Go to
chrome://extensions - Enable Developer mode in the top right corner
- Load unpacked extension
- Select the directory that was created when cloning this repo
| Default Chrome print dialogue | PDFit print dialogue | |
|---|---|---|
| apple.com |  |
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| github.com |  |
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| store.google.com |  |
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- Dynamically slice the screenshots to completely fill the A4 pages
- Create a logo/icon
- Automatically open the print dialogue in new window
- Close window once printed
- Only capture the middle portion of the screen. That way the navbar will be captured only once.
- Delete duplicated section at the bottom of the document
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
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