PageUnfold

Chrome save page as PDF

Chrome save page as PDF—when “Print” is the wrong verb.

Chrome’s Save as PDF is excellent for printable documents. A long live webpage is a different shape. PageUnfold keeps that shape continuous, searchable and local.

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Four common failures on long webpages

  1. Page seams cut through cards and paragraphs. Paper boundaries do not understand the document’s reading structure.
  2. Sticky navigation repeats or overlaps content. A header designed for scrolling is not a print header.
  3. Lazy-loaded images disappear. Content that has not entered the viewport may not be ready when the print layout is created.
  4. Authenticated layouts change. Print CSS can hide controls, collapse panels or produce a view unlike the tab you intended to archive.

The local three-step workflow

1
Open the page you actually want.
Sign in if needed and reveal any collapsed sections.
2
Choose a continuous mode.
Window width preserves the live viewport; A4 portrait gives the long page a familiar document width.
3
Preview or download.
The result is an ordinary searchable PDF, also available in local history unless history is disabled.

What is available now

Single-page and multi-page conversion, Reader View, precision selection, Cleanly Print, batch links and local HTML batches are implemented in the local release candidate.

Batch tabs, custom paper widths, headers and Reader View are available on the free plan. Plans differ by the PDF download allowance returned by the remote billing service.

Email delivery and server-side compression are not advertised as available features.

No fake install button. The public Chrome Web Store item does not exist yet. This local website RC will receive the real listing URL only after the external submission step is authorized and completed.