Printing straight from the Internet can be tricky business. When you try to print a single item from a page, there are always a myriad of other images, ads and words that come along with it. Since toner doesn’t fall off trees, some sites may offer a “print version” of a page, but generally even those leave something to be desired.

So what if you suddenly had control of the frame layout of a page and could delete anything you didn’t wish to print? Likewise, what if you could select a sole section you wanted to print and everything else would disappear? Both of these options (and more) are available to you with the Print Edit add-on.

Once installed, Print Edit is accessible in the File menu. Select it while on a page you want to print and the screen will refresh to display a number of option buttons at the top of your browser:

You can now click within the page, selecting sections you do or do not wish to print. Once selected, a section gets outlined by a blinking, broken, red line. You can even choose many sections at once. In this example, I have chosen to select sections of an article I would like to print:

Here is what happens once I choose “Delete Except” from the toolbar up top:

Not only am I left with the simple article, but now there are no unnecessary images, background colors, etc. — perfect for printing. With Print Edit you will be free to quickly print off content from the Internet without bleeding your printer dry.

Download Print Edit here.

Hudson Bell wrote this while visiting the Capuchin Crypt See all posts by Hudson Bell.