Keeping a copy of a web page
Web pages change and disappear. A receipt, an order confirmation, a terms-of-service page, an article you want to cite, or a piece of documentation can be different or gone tomorrow. Converting the page to PDF gives you a fixed copy you can file, print, and share without needing the original link.
Three ways to provide the page
From URL: enter a web address and PDF Studio fetches the page’s HTML on our server, so that your browser’s cross-site restrictions do not get in the way. The fetch only retrieves public HTML pages: addresses on private or internal networks are blocked, pages are limited to 20 MB, and the page must really be HTML. Paste HTML: paste source code directly. Upload File: choose an .html or .htm file from your device.
For URL and the other modes, the page is then drawn onto A4 pages with 10 mm margins in your browser, using the page’s own styling.
What to expect from the PDF
The output is made by capturing the rendered page as an image, so the text in the PDF is not selectable or searchable, and the quality depends on how the page renders. Pages that build their content with JavaScript after loading may come out blank or incomplete, because only the initial HTML is fetched. Pages behind a login cannot be fetched, because the server visits as an anonymous visitor.
If a URL does not work, open the page in your browser, save it as an HTML file (or copy its source), and use Upload File or Paste HTML instead.
Tips and alternatives
Images and styles that live on other servers are loaded when the page is rendered, so a fully offline copy may need “Save as” in your browser first. For a text-searchable PDF of a page you can see in your browser, your browser’s Print → Save as PDF option often gives the best result. If you need the text afterwards, run OCR PDF on the output.