HTML to PDF

Render any webpage or HTML file to a pixel-accurate PDF

The web is built on HTML and CSS, but sharing a webpage by sending the HTML file rarely works — recipients need the exact browser, the fonts, the linked stylesheets, and the JavaScript all in the right places to see what you intended. A PDF short-circuits that: it captures the rendered output so what the recipient opens is exactly what you captured, frozen in place.

The OkFarsi HTML to PDF tool uses headless Chrome to render the page, which means the conversion pipeline behaves the same way your browser does. CSS selectors resolve. Web fonts load (assuming they're from a public source). Media queries apply — crucially, the tool respects the @media print stylesheet, so well-designed sites render their clean 'printer-friendly' version rather than the full navigation-heavy layout. Responsive layouts render at the page width you specify (A4, Letter, or custom).

There are two input modes. Upload mode takes an HTML file (plus referenced CSS and images if bundled) and renders it locally; this is the right choice for offline HTML, exported email templates, or generated reports where no external network is needed. URL mode fetches a live webpage and renders the current version; it's perfect for snapshotting a blog post, saving a receipt page, or archiving an article. URL mode honors the page's robots meta directives and only fetches what the live browser would.

How to convert HTML or a URL to PDF

1. Pick the input mode

   Upload an HTML file when the content is already in hand, or paste a URL when you want a snapshot of a live page. URL mode is what you want for news articles, blog posts, documentation pages, and order receipts.

2. Check that the page has a print stylesheet (optional)

   If you're converting a well-built website, its @media print CSS usually hides navigation, removes ads, and gives you a clean reading-oriented layout. Confirm this is what you want — most of the time it is. If you want the full visual version, disable 'use print stylesheet' in the options.

3. Set the page size, orientation, and margins

   A4 portrait works for most text-heavy content. Landscape with narrower margins works better for wide tables, screenshots, or code listings. Custom sizes are useful for downloadable receipts where the source designed a specific page footprint.

4. Configure background rendering

   Toggle 'print backgrounds' on if you want the page's background colors and images to appear in the PDF. Most blog posts and articles look better with backgrounds on. Plain text documents often look better with backgrounds off (and the PDF file is smaller).

5. Run the conversion and verify

   Headless Chrome fetches (or loads) the page, waits for fonts and images, renders to PDF, and returns the result. Open the download and verify the layout — if fonts substituted or images are missing, it usually means they were behind authentication or a non-public CDN.

Common use cases

• Snapshot a blog post or article

  Save a reference article to a permanent PDF so you still have it if the site changes or the page is taken down.

• Generate receipts from web order pages

  Convert an order confirmation or booking page into a PDF for your expense tracker — captures the details exactly as they appeared.

• Turn an email template into a shareable file

  Render an HTML email template (exported from your marketing tool) as a PDF to share internally for review without needing to send a test email.

• Archive documentation pages

  Download a section of a documentation site as PDFs for offline reference or for merging into an internal knowledge-base bundle.

Privacy & security

Conversion runs inside isolated headless-Chrome instances that are rebuilt for each job, so pages never see each other. In URL mode, the fetch is performed from our infrastructure using a standard browser user-agent; we do not forward cookies, local storage, or authentication credentials, so pages behind login walls will render as the logged-out view or fail to load. Uploaded HTML files and generated PDFs are deleted from our servers shortly after your download. No crawled content is retained beyond the single conversion.

Frequently asked questions