# Saving Web Page to PDF: Will IrfanView Do the Trick? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072 "2010-01-07T21:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Edwardian\_Prude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@Edwardian\_Prude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardian_Prude)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072/1 "2010-01-07T21:29:26Z")
I need to save web pages (text and graphics) as PDF files, and want good quality reproductions, which will be placed in my portfolio. Recently, I’ve been using Fireshot, which snaps a picture of the page. I then open the Fireshot capture using IrfanView, and save it as a PDF file. Very circuitous. Problem is, Fireshot sometimes renders the text a little wavy here and there. Not good. Can someone suggest a free program, other than Acrobat Professional ($300). In fact, can IrfanView directly save a web page as PDF, thereby bypassing the need for taking a snapshot? Your help is appreciated. And, yes, I hope I have used the correct forum. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072/2 "2010-01-08T01:05:09Z")
All you need is PDF creator. Its a free open source program that creates PDFs from any application that can print. Install it and ‘print’ to the virtual PDF printer. > **[PDFCreator](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/)** > > Download PDFCreator for free. Converts every printable document to PDF, JPG, PNG, TIF and more. PDFCreator creates professional PDFs with just a few clicks and it's free. PDFCreator comes with many professional features to merge documents, send... ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072/3 "2010-01-08T01:06:24Z")
Also, paperless printer is free for non-commercial work: > **[Rarefind.com](https://www.brandbucket.com/names/rarefind?source=ext)** > > Rarefind.com is no longer for sale on BrandBucket. It prints to more formats than just PDF. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072/4 "2010-01-08T02:32:58Z")
I have had good luck with [Cute PDF](http://www.cutepdf.com/), free, use it like a printer. However, I have noticed in one oddball case, web pages are not rendered properly (this happens on my Verizon Wireless billing statements). I assume it is a flaw in the web page coding, since it doesn’t come out right on a paper printer either. ---
**Author:** ![Category5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Category5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Category5)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072/5 "2010-01-08T02:46:24Z")
That is built-in to Safari on the Mac ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-web-page-to-pdf-will-irfanview-do-the-trick/524072/6 "2010-01-08T04:28:47Z")
I use [PDF995](http://www.pdf995.com/). The free version pops up one ad, which you can get rid of for $9,95. They have other PDF tools for editing existing PDF’s.