# printing out web pages **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 30, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565 "2003-08-30T03:19:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![biker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@biker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/1 "2003-08-30T03:19:05Z")
have a client that wants me to print out color copies of web pages i have done for him. not having a whole lot of luck. he wants really good copies. i tried on my printer and the photos overlap the copy. does kinkos do this? where should i go to get laser copies of the web pages? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/2 "2003-08-30T03:55:23Z")
Try saving web pages as Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Then print the PDFs. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/3 "2003-08-30T04:25:50Z")
You could use [PDF Creator](http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/) to carry out **Duckster** ’s suggestion. It’s a free tool that works like Adobe Distiller. It creates a virtual printer which outputs PDF files. You didn’t mention, so I’m assuming you’re using Windows. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/4 "2003-08-30T04:33:17Z")
Hmm, I take it back. This wouldn’t work well for your purposes. It doesn’t give a WYSIWYG printout of webpages. ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/5 "2003-08-30T10:10:26Z")
You might try html2ps: [http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html](http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html) This is a perl script that retrieves the web page from where ever it is and makes a postscript file of it. You’ve got options for paer size and a whole boatload of stuff. The biggest problem is that it needs a lot of stuff not likely to be pre-installed on a windows machine - you’ll have to track down and install a lot of stuff to make it work. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/6 "2003-08-30T10:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by biker \* > **he wants really good copies. i tried on my printer and the photos overlap the copy.** I think this is an indication that there is something wrong with the web page. Does it display correctly on different browsers and different window sizes? ---
**Author:** ![biker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@biker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/7 "2003-08-30T12:41:43Z")
i use xp on ie. am using “position:absolute” for the photos and they space a little different on netscape, but they do not overlap, like they do when i print. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/8 "2003-08-30T14:39:45Z")
Sure, try [kinkos.com](http://kinkos.com) they have ways you can send them files & they print them instore & stuff. Did you try the print preview function? ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/9 "2003-08-30T17:18:24Z")
Sounds like something wonky in the sizes of the pictures. Are you reszing the pictures in the HTML code? That is, say you’ve got a picture 200x200 pixels and you put in HTML tags to resize it to 100x100? That might (warning:WAG) cause problems with the printout. ---
**Author:** ![biker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@biker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/10 "2003-08-30T19:08:52Z")
i reworked the html tags and the layout is now ok to print. had to do away with “position:absolute.” just emptied my bank account to buy a color cartridge…YIKES! kinko’s was not sure they could get the job done and the computer person called in sick. sick on labor day weekend, hahaha. the printer preview was an excellent idea. thanks to everyone for the tips. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-out-web-pages/198565/11 "2003-08-30T23:00:07Z")
[kinkos.com](http://kinkos.com) has online printing: [http://www.kinkos.com/products/business/index.php?sol=&sec=p2k](http://www.kinkos.com/products/business/index.php?sol=&sec=p2k)