This tutorial explains how to convert webpage to PDF in Firefox.
url2pdf is a free Firefox extension that helps to convert a webpage to PDF. It requires only a single-click to convert any webpage into a PDF file. This lets you store any important webpage to PC which you can later open with any PDF reader. Even if a webpage is not loaded completely, it automatically generates its copy as PDF file.
Generated PDF file is opened in a new tab with Firefox’s PDF viewer. From there, you can download your PDF file to required destination folder. Just a single click is all it takes to convert any webpage to PDF.
In screenshot above, you can see our website’s Facebook page converted into PDF using this Firefox extension.
Note: For some website, it failed to generate PDF file in my testing. You may check yourself if the same thing happens with you or not. If this one doesn’t work for you, then you can try these similar Firefox add-ons to convert webpage to PDF.
How To Convert Webpage To PDF Using This Firefox Add-on?
Just follow these simple steps to convert a particular webpage into a PDF file:
Step 1: Access homepage of this Firefox add-on using the link placed at the end of this review.
Step 2: Tap on Add to Firefox button and a small window will open. In this window, click Install button. This add-on doesn’t require browser restart to complete the installation.
Step 3: After installation, its add-on icon will appear on top right side of your Firefox browser. Whenever you want to convert a webpage visible in active tab, simply click on this button. After this, it will start creating a PDF file of that particular webpage for you.
Once the PDF file is generated, it will open a new tab, and direct you to that tab. After this, it will start loading that PDF file. PDF file is opened with your Firefox PDF viewer application. Using that, you can navigate PDF pages, and can also download PDF to PC. Simply use Download button available in that PDF viewer and save PDF to your PC.
Conclusion:
This Firefox plugin makes it quite easy to convert any webpage to PDF. Only disappointment I had is that it did not work for some of the websites (and I wasn’t able to find a pattern that why it failed). I suggest you try this out. If it works for you, then this would be one of the easiest webpage to PDF conversion solution you would have come across.
From Chrome users, we have also reviewed 5 webpage to PDF extensions.
