Converting and Sharing Web Pages as PDF

In all the excitement of our PDF Download 2.0 (Firefox add-on) release a month or so back, we barely mentioned a cool little free HTML to PDF service we launched at the same time.

The new Web-to-PDF feature in PDF Download 2.0 uses a Web server to quickly convert any (unsecured) Web page into a pretty good PDF replica, and it’s this service we employ for our lesser-known Web-based tool. 

The Web-based tool works in a similar way, except there’s no need for you to install anything. This is great if you use browsers like Internet Explorer, Safari or Google Chrome (which can’t run PDF Download), or you find yourself on a computer without the PDF Download add-on installed. 

How to convert using the Web/HTML-to-PDF service

To use the service, it’s simply a matter of copying the URL of the Web page you would like to convert, and then heading over to the Web-to-PDF page on the PDF Download site. Here’s how to do it step by step.

  1. Go to the Web page you would like to convert. Then highlight the address/URL and copy it.

    Web page to convert to PDF

  2. Head to the Web-to-PDF service on the PDF Download site. Paste the URL in the form, enter your email address, and click Convert to PDF.

    Convert HTML to PDF service

  3. Open your email client and check your Inbox. In a few moments a PDF version of the Web page should arrive.

    Converted to PDF

If you have feedback on the service or would like to suggest new features, please head over to our Customer Connect site and share your thoughts.

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This entry was written by Richard Crocker and posted on October 16, 2008 at 8:56 pm and filed under software, tips. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

4 Comments

  1. Kourtnaye
    Posted October 17, 2008 at 9:38 am | Permalink

    Is there a way to embed the javascript from AddThis social tag into a PDF? If not — what are other options?

  2. Chris Dahl
    Posted October 17, 2008 at 9:11 pm | Permalink

    It’s not possible to embed that exact widget into a PDF document, however it would really only work for PDFs that are hosted on the internet at all times.

    If you have a PDF file open locally on your system and you go to ‘AddThis’, it’s not much use the AddThis service getting the location C:\My Documents\news.pdf.

  3. Prasad
    Posted November 19, 2008 at 11:25 am | Permalink

    I use Primo-PDF, very good tool.

    I would like to know if PDF can be created with lesst KB instead of large 1MB file, would appreciate your input. Thanks

  4. Richard Crocker
    Posted November 19, 2008 at 3:45 pm | Permalink

    Prasad, you can learn about making smaller PDF files by reading this article.

    http://blog.nitropdf.com/index.php/2008/02/11/5-tricks-to-shrinkreduce-pdf-file-size/

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