Print Friendly without ads

There are times when you find an article or two that you would like to read but just don’t have the time or you would like to read that article in paper form so you can highlight and add notes.

The problem with reading the article that you printed out is that it’s full of ads. Also those ads use up printer ink. When you’re working from home saving money on ink this means a lot. For many people reading an article without the ads makes it easier to read and looks professional if sharing with others. 

I am going to show you two different ways I have used to print that article without the ads.

Using Firefox for print friendly article:

The first way is to use Firefox. If you are viewing the article in Firefox select the menu dropdown to PRINT and select print. The page will appear as is. Select the box that says “Simplify Page” . Once you select that option the page will cycle and refresh showing the page without any of the ads.

However if this article is a technical article with additional images, charts, and steps for performing a task, they may also be removed. 

Using Chrome for print friendly article:

I like to use Chrome and an extension named Print Friendly & PDF, which gives a choice to which ad(s) and images to remove before printing. With the mouse you roll over the ads in the article and they will turn yellow with a trash can icon that will appear on each. Right click on each one and the ad will be removed so you can print the page ad free. 

When you’re viewing the article in Chrome select the extensions icon in the upper right corner of Chrome. I small dropdown menu will appear and from there select 

At this point show respect for the author by not removing the author’s name, date of the article and title. Sometime you will see a BIO of the author at the bottom of the page be nice and leave that BIO there.  

 Keywords to search for this extension in Chrome is ”printfriendly chrome” or go to printfriendly.com 

Side Note: I have found that Firefox may do a better job with an article then Chrome and, vice versa, also work the other way too. Point if you are printing an article to share with others try both firefox and Chrome.