Guide

Print web articles as clean, readable PDFs

Paperized mode extracts the article body and reformats it as a paginated document for reading and printing.

Install from Chrome Web StoreRequires Chrome 118+

The page is not the article

A typical article page is one column of text wrapped in navigation bars, sidebars, related-link grids, cookie notices, and floating widgets. Printed as-is, that chrome eats the page: the text column shrinks to a narrow strip next to empty space, and sticky headers repeat on every sheet.

How Paperized mode works

  1. Web Paperize prepares lazy images, collapsed sections and inner scroll areas within its loading limits. Some media may remain unavailable.
  2. It extracts the article body, conservatively: if it cannot confidently identify a single reading subject, it says so rather than guessing.
  3. The extracted content is rebuilt into a document with a fixed reading column, comfortable line spacing, and code and table layouts that fit the page. If a table exceeds the supported layout limits, the export is refused.
  4. Chrome renders that document to A4 (or Letter) pages with selectable text and clickable links. Web Paperize then reverts its temporary page changes; changes made by the website itself may remain.

Supported images get extra vertical room, headings stay with the text that follows them where possible, and table headers repeat across pages.

Auto decides for you

In the default Auto mode, Web Paperize checks whether the page has an identifiable article body—pages that pass the article-body checks use Paperized; other pages use Original. This does not guarantee complete output for every documentation page, blog, dashboard or web app. You can always force Paperized or Original yourself.

Useful scenarios

  • Blog posts, tutorials, and news articles you want to actually read on paper or a tablet.
  • Documentation pages where the sidebar and navigation would otherwise dominate the printout.
  • Chinese and English long-form pages—the layout works for both.

Limitations

  • In Auto mode, pages without an identifiable article body use Original. Forced Paperized reports an error if extraction or layout fails; it does not silently switch to Original.
  • Paperized output is portrait and paginated; it does not apply to element or selection exports.
  • Promotional tails that carry real text are kept rather than over-pruned.

Print the article, skip the chrome.
Install Web Paperize from the Chrome Web Store.