Which tools work this way
The HTML to PDF Printer, Text to PDF Generator, CSV Data to PDF Converter, Markdown to PDF Converter, PDF Header & Footer Wrapper and Word to PDF Converter tools lay your content out as a page, open it in a new tab, and bring up your browser’s print dialog. The PDF is made by the browser when you choose to save as PDF there. That is deliberate: a browser makes clean PDFs with real, selectable text and embedded fonts.
Saving the PDF
- Chrome and Edge: set Destination to Save as PDF, then press Save.
- Firefox: choose Save to PDF as the printer.
- Safari on a Mac: open the PDF menu at the bottom of the print dialog and choose Save as PDF.
- Windows, any browser: Microsoft Print to PDF works as a printer too.
- iPhone and iPad: in the print options, use the Share button at the top and choose Save to Files.
“Your browser blocked the print window”
The tool needs to open a new tab, and your browser treated it as a pop-up. Allow pop-ups for this site — in Chrome and Edge, a blocked pop-up icon appears at the right of the address bar — then press the tool’s button again.
Making it look right
- Date and address printed on every page: those are the browser’s own headers and footers. Untick Headers and footers (in Chrome, under More settings).
- Colours or backgrounds missing: tick Background graphics.
- Wrong page size or margins: set Paper size and Margins in the same dialog.