Michael Haren’s Wassupy Blog

How Do I Print [this web page]!?

in usability and technology

TL;DR:

Press ctrl-p (in every browser ever made).

But But But…

Where’s my “print” link? Print links are about a million years old in Internet years. They were needed back in the day when technology couldn’t easily produce “printer-friendly versions” of pages without doing server-side voodoo magic. Things have been different for years, though, and separate print pages are no longer necessary.

But I still want one!

No.

But this other, cooler site has one!

Odds are, their “print” button just calls “window.print()” which is just short hand code for, “you’re an idiot and shouldn’t be trusted with electricity”.

Hey, don’t get upset with me, I’m just translating.

Alternate Methods

Internet Explorer

or

Chrome:

or

Firefox