I remember a time when there used to be a print function on webpages so you could print the content without all the crap.
That seems to be gone these days (webpage owners want ads to be printed?). Is there a way around this -- printing the content without all the crap?
For example, I wanted to print this page re: knee pain after cycling. But when I try to use the browser print function, it wants to print all the crap as well.
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November 06, 2017, 12:53 PM
lkdr1989
Short answer - not really.
Are you using an adblocker - won't remove all the junk, just most of it.
If you have firefox/pale moon, you could get Page Saver add-on and save the whole page as a png/jpg & then use a screen cap tool to cut & paste into Word/word processor.
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November 06, 2017, 12:55 PM
ArtieS
I was not able to print the article clean, but I was able to copy the text without the ads and paste it into a word document, which I could then print.
If you can't do this, I will be happy to email the article to you as a file attachment.
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November 06, 2017, 12:56 PM
V-Tail
Does your browser offer a "Reader View?"
The only browser I use is Safari, on Mac, which does offer this in a drop-down menu. I don't know whether that option is specific to Safari / Mac, or if it's found in other browsers.
This view does remove all the garbage.
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November 06, 2017, 12:56 PM
mark123
You can make a User Style Sheet with the items you don't want marked as "display: none;". Which browser are you running?
November 06, 2017, 01:07 PM
konata88
Thanks guys.
Okay - sounds like webpages are more ad friendly than consumer friendly these days. Figures.
Artie - thanks for the offer. I can do this; it's just tedious and not a great long term solution (if I want to printout multiple articles on a topic, for example.
I'm using Chrome on PC and phone. I can try Reader View on Safari on the phone.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
November 06, 2017, 01:11 PM
konata88
Safari on phone with Reader View might work -- if the page ever stops loading (ads?). Thanks for that tip. Be nice if I could do it from the PC but phone will work on occasion.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
November 06, 2017, 02:13 PM
mrbill345
The Reader view in Safari is also available if there are 3 1/2 lines in the left of the address in the browser. Click on those lines & Safari switches to Reader View.
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November 06, 2017, 05:41 PM
mikeyspizza
This website does a pretty good job of removing ads, navigation and web page junk. No login in or anything required. https://www.printfriendly.com/
November 06, 2017, 05:58 PM
parallel
I use "Print Friendly & PDF" extension for chrome. It works quite well, it even allows you to edit what will and will not print.
Doh! Mikey beat me to it.
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November 06, 2017, 06:29 PM
LS1 GTO
can you copy to Word and delete the undesirable information?
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