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Off topic: I’m looking for a good web clipper to grab just the article and related images from a page like this and save it (as html or a pdf) for me to read la

Off topic: I’m looking for a good web clipper to grab just the article and related images from a page like this and save it (as html or a pdf) for me to read later. I’d like it on iPadOS because that’s where I like to read and write. I tried reader mode, but it lost a lot of the images. Any suggestions? Edit: I was able to get a good PDF using the OneNote web clipper on my desktop.

Reptur 4y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=web+to+pdf https://www.google.com/search?q=web+to+pdf
- criddell 4y ago
  A good web clipper will grab only the important stuff and leave behind menus, the footer, ads, etc…
eclipxe 4y ago
Take a screen shot. On iPad/iPhone you can save the screenshot of a webpage as a full PDF of the page. Make sure you are in Safari.
- criddell 4y ago
  I don’t want the right column or the footer. I only want the main content. The Evernote web clipper used to be pretty good at this but it didn’t work on this article. I tried Pocket and it lost the images for me as well. I just tried saving it to Bear and so far, that looks pretty good.
- dumpsterdiver 4y ago
  Awesome tip. Thank you.
  - criddell 4y ago
    You can also print the page to a PDF. In the share menu, pick Print. In the print options dialog do the pinch to zoom motion on one of the thumbnails and this will give you a big preview that you can save as PDF (again through the share menu).
vivegi 4y ago
I am reading the original webpage on Google Chrome on Win11 and I have the Microsoft Print to PDF driver installed. A simple print to PDF through this virtual printer seems to give a decent PDF file.
- criddell 4y ago
  I can print to PDF as well, but that captures the entire page and I really only want the article. For example, I don’t want the “Recent Writings” column to the right of the article.
  - vivegi 4y ago
    The print version has the Recent Writings rendered at the end of the document. On my machine with "US Letter" page size and "No header/footer" I got 72 pages. The main article was 69 pages and the last three were the "cruft" (which includes the Recent Writings). A quick hack might be to postprocess the PDF (eg: using Ghostscript) and trim the last three pages, if all you want is the main article.
    - criddell 4y ago
      Well that’s strange. If I print to PDF I get the article exactly as it’s laid out on screen. I did get what I want with the OneNote clipper. Edit: Now when I try to print this article to PDF from my phone or iPad, the browser crashes immediately. Something weird is going on with my devices...
      - vivegi 4y ago
        It is probably something to do with Safari/WebKit (assuming you are printing from your iPhone/iPad). The page uses a media query for print in the CSS sheet linked to it. That does most of the heavy lifting for laying out the print page.

Reptur 4y ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=web+to+pdf https://www.google.com/search?q=web+to+pdf

criddell 4y ago
A good web clipper will grab only the important stuff and leave behind menus, the footer, ads, etc…

eclipxe 4y ago

Take a screen shot. On iPad/iPhone you can save the screenshot of a webpage as a full PDF of the page. Make sure you are in Safari.

criddell 4y ago
I don’t want the right column or the footer. I only want the main content. The Evernote web clipper used to be pretty good at this but it didn’t work on this article. I tried Pocket and it lost the images for me as well. I just tried saving it to Bear and so far, that looks pretty good.
dumpsterdiver 4y ago
Awesome tip. Thank you.
- criddell 4y ago
  You can also print the page to a PDF. In the share menu, pick Print. In the print options dialog do the pinch to zoom motion on one of the thumbnails and this will give you a big preview that you can save as PDF (again through the share menu).

vivegi 4y ago

I am reading the original webpage on Google Chrome on Win11 and I have the Microsoft Print to PDF driver installed. A simple print to PDF through this virtual printer seems to give a decent PDF file.

criddell 4y ago
I can print to PDF as well, but that captures the entire page and I really only want the article. For example, I don’t want the “Recent Writings” column to the right of the article.
- vivegi 4y ago
  The print version has the Recent Writings rendered at the end of the document. On my machine with "US Letter" page size and "No header/footer" I got 72 pages. The main article was 69 pages and the last three were the "cruft" (which includes the Recent Writings). A quick hack might be to postprocess the PDF (eg: using Ghostscript) and trim the last three pages, if all you want is the main article.
  - criddell 4y ago
    Well that’s strange. If I print to PDF I get the article exactly as it’s laid out on screen. I did get what I want with the OneNote clipper. Edit: Now when I try to print this article to PDF from my phone or iPad, the browser crashes immediately. Something weird is going on with my devices...
    - vivegi 4y ago
      It is probably something to do with Safari/WebKit (assuming you are printing from your iPhone/iPad). The page uses a media query for print in the CSS sheet linked to it. That does most of the heavy lifting for laying out the print page.