Convert an web page to pdf in safari Ipad air 2

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rahgor Author

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Convert an web page to pdf in safari Ipad air 2

Hi,

I am currently trying to use safari to print out pages from a web app. Currently

my only option is to save to iBooks (which converts to pdf) and then mail it to myself.

Is there a way to take these web pages in safari and either "print to pdf" or "save as pdf".

ibooks is really limiting. I am having a tough time managing over 100 pdfs in ibooks. Moving them and emailing them is a real challenge. I am also unable to upload them to google drive. Ideally I would like to be able to save the pdf and then annotate it. My other problem is that other apps are not able to access the pdfs that ibooks creates thus defeating the purpose.

As always, I am very appreciative of any assistance or hints anyone can offer.

rg

iPad Air, iOS 9.3.2

Posted on May 20, 2016 10:28 AM

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Answer 1

ManSinha

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May 20, 2016 6:57 PM in response to rahgor

As you know - when you click the share button - the square with the arrow coming out on top - it gives a number of options to save the web page - try using a pdf maker app and see if that shows up on the list -

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rahgor Author

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May 21, 2016 5:35 AM in response to ManSinha

Hi thanks for the heads up. I've purchased a couple but all they do is redirect the website through their own mini browser which doesnt work For https. I'm looking for a save to ibooks type of functionality.

is there an app you can suggest? One that doesn't require saving a bookmark then opening it in their own mini wrapper?

A save to google drive might but it's not there help or maybe something that extends ibook functionality?

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Answer 3

May 21, 2016 2:37 PM in response to rahgor

I can just choose "save PDF to iBooks" and I get a PDF file generated and dumped into my iBooks library. And if I need to mark it up, I can then open it in iBooks and choose to open in goodreader or some other app. But iBooks seems to be the only app that will render an html web page to a PDF file.

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Answer 4

ManSinha

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May 21, 2016 2:37 PM in response to rahgor

You can try OneNote and EverNote - both I believe are free apps

I tried with OneNote and it was able to save the page - though not as "complete" as I would like

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rahgor Author

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May 21, 2016 2:42 PM in response to rahgor

Thank you guys for your help, you've given me a few ideas on some workarounds.. After playing around with all the apps, I've come to the conclusion that ibooks and dropbox are the only apps that can "save to pdf" from html. The limited value of ibooks (can't manage multiple docs) is the sticking point. Hopefully, the next version can allow us to use a proper pdf printer or increase ibooks functionality. Onenote was nice but not very reliable, parts of the document would not show up, evernote was also similar. ibooks is the only way to go for now, I then email it to gmail account and then open the pdf with either adobe or xodo or save it to g-drive so I can work on the laptop.

I'm not sure why there isn't a proper "print to pdf" or download as pdf in safari (or any other browser) maybe an security issue or an oversight?

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rahgor Author

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Jun 5, 2016 4:50 PM in response to rahgor

Hi,

Just a quick update. We use an https encrypted website to generate invoices. Due to privacy issues, I can't just sync to ibooks. Dropbox did not work for safari https connections, neither does one note and google drive is a no go.

My only option is to turn off all icloud services and then try to use ibooks and then email the pdfs one by one to my work email.

Is there an apple product or app I can use that is able to mimic save to pdf/save to ibooks option?

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