Print Exactly What You Like

Article by pearlofafrika (1,638 pts ) , published Jul 23, 2009

If you've ever wanted to print a page off of the internet, you know how annoying advertisements can be. Not only do they cause you to waste extra paper, but you also waste more ink needlessly. Print What You Like gives you control over what you print.

pwullogoPrint What You Like is a web page editor that allows you to print only the elements you need to print. If you've ever tried to print from a website, you know the real estate is crowded with ads and pictures and backgrounds. Print What You Like let's you decide exactly what you want to waste your ink on printing. It's a great too, and it's free.

If you print a lot of web pages, Print What You Like is such a great tool. Before Print What You Like, many people copied and pasted the entire web page into an editor like Microsoft Word and then painstakingly deleted undesirable elements. With Print What You Like, you copy and paste only the URL, and simply isolate what you don't want to print. This makes it so easy to print maps, or select only the text from photo-heavy sites. Because you're selectively printing, you don't waste nearly as much ink, and can also save your color ink for when you really need it.

Print What You Like is web based, so no need to download or install on your local hard drive. In fact, you can use this service any where with an internet connection. When you log on to Print What You Like, you don't even need to register to use it. All you need is the website address you'd like to print. After entering in the URL, you will be taken to an online web page editor. The highlights of this page include the ability to:

Change Text Size

Change Font

Remove Background - changes the background to black, and all text to white

Remove All Images

Remove, Isolate, or Widen Selected

You can also undo any mistaken action. When you're satisfied with your edited page, click print, and you're done. The Help button shows you all the shortcut keys. You can also attach a page to print from a different website address by clicking "Add Page". If you want to start a new print project, click on "New Page".

Print What You Like will quickly become your favorite.