PrintFriendly & PDF Review — Convert Any Webpage to a Clean PDF for Saving or Printing
PrintFriendly removes navigation, ads, sidebars, and other non-content elements from any webpage and produces a clean, readable version for printing or PDF download. The result is the article or page content without the surrounding clutter — useful for saving research articles in a readable offline format or sharing a clean version of a page with a collaborator.
Install on Chrome Web Store →Key Features
PrintFriendly strips navigation bars, advertisements, related content sections, and other non-article elements from the page, leaving the main content in a clean, readable format for PDF export or printing.
Images in the article can be removed or resized before exporting — useful when the PDF is for text reference only and images add unnecessary file size.
The cleaned version is editable before PDF download — you can remove specific elements (individual images, sections, pull quotes) by clicking on them in the preview.
PDF export produces a properly formatted document with page breaks in sensible positions rather than cutting content mid-paragraph as standard browser print functions sometimes do.
Who Is It For
Creators who save long-form research articles for offline reference, share research with team members as clean documents, or need to archive web content in a format that remains readable even if the original page goes offline. The clean PDF output is significantly more readable than a standard browser print.
If you only need to save a webpage for online retrieval later, bookmark tools (Raindrop, Google Keep) are more appropriate. PrintFriendly's value is specifically the clean PDF output — if offline PDF documents aren't part of your research workflow, the extension adds no benefit.
Pros and Cons
- ✅ Removes ads and clutter before PDF export — clean output
- ✅ Editable preview lets you remove unwanted elements before download
- ✅ Completely free
- ❌ Some complex page layouts produce inconsistent cleaning results
- ❌ Requires manual review of the preview to catch elements that were incorrectly included or excluded
Pricing
PrintFriendly is completely free for personal use. No account required.
Summary
Worth installing for creators who regularly save research articles as PDF documents. The content cleaning is a significant improvement over browser print-to-PDF, which includes all the surrounding clutter. Skip it if your research workflow is entirely online and bookmark-based.