Solved Is it possible to automatically enter title for print and save to pdf?

I'm running a Laptop with Windows 11 23H2:

Example if I open a url with the title of the article being "How to Boost Gaming Performance on Your Android Phone" which is the title of the article its also the title of the firefox tab I'm trying to print as pdf. Is there a way to automatically copy the title to the title area for printing.
Example: I click print and use print as pdf and then a box pops up asking for the "Title" it will become the title of the file. I want to use the "Article Title/Firefox Tab title" automatically. Is this at all possible. I hope it is otherwise I will need to download and install a addon on firefox I would much prefer to be able to do it like this every time.

I have also tried to use "Right-Click" - "Save Page As" and the options are "Webpage, Complete, Webpage, HTML Only,Text Files,All Files And by using "Save As" the File Name: is already filled in. Is there a way to do this with Print to PDF also.

I was just wondering since I will be saving several "Bookmarked Website Pages in "Read Mode" from firefox and will be using auto hotkey to make things much quicker. But the issue I keep running into is the "Adding Title" I need to copy and paste it in each time. I wish there was a way to fix this. If at all possible. Or is there a way to save as pdf with the right click or is there a way to save it in a way other then pdf where I can still be able to read it off line without losing quality.

Have just tried that in Firefox... and it's behaving just like you wanted.. the title of pdf is the Title of article.

Browser Firefox, CTRL+P, selected printer is save to PDF (Firefox thing) and done

@SweetHeart88


I just set Firefox to save all .pdf files.
I use SumatraPDF as my reader. In Windows Settings I have that set to be the default for .pdf

It automatically saves to the desktop, because I have FF set to save to the desktop.
Then I can do whatever with the PDF file.

The problem is that when I click "Print" the popup box is empty where it says "File Name" is there a way to have that automatically filled in by the "Article Title/Header Title/Firefox Tab Title". Otherwise I need to copy and paste it every single time.

SweetHeart88 said:

The problem is that when I click "Print" the popup box is empty where it says "File Name" is there a way to have that automatically filled in by the "Article Title/Header Title/Firefox Tab Title". Otherwise I need to copy and paste it every single time.

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I don't have a printer, so I can't test...but if you save a PDF to your desktop and open it in a PDF reader (not in a browser), and choose: File > Print ...doesn't the title of the PDF get printed too?

No I'm not trying to print to paper just trying to print to pdf file. I figured out the issue though. I have the print set to "Microsoft print to pdf" I changed it to "Save to pdf" and now the "File name" automatically gets filled in. I hope the image below makes more sense. I didn't know if there was any other way to save the file as a "PDF" besides for "Printing as PDF" I have only ever used "Print as PDF" when using pdf file types like this. But I was looking in the options and found. "Save to PDF" inside the menu for "Destination" so instead of using "Print to PDF" I will now be using "Save to PDF" which will automatically fill in the normally empty "File Name" area. If I choose "Print to PDF" the "File Name" is blank and I need to copy and paste the "Article Title" but by using "Save as PDF" the "File Name" is already filled in. Which makes downloading these articles from saved bookmarks much faster and easier.

So I could use a "Autohotkey" for F9 to load the page in "Reader Mode" and then "Ctrl+p" to print and then "Enter" to save and then down. It would be just hitting 1 "Autohotkey" until I get down with all of the "Saving articles to pdf files" so I can back them up for later use. Sometimes articles change or there link becomes unviewable. This way I can keep helpful tips and articles for reading later. I just find it much easier. Especially when it comes to finding a specific site with a specific article.

Example if I find an article called "Top 10 dog names" under that is "Top 10 cat names" and so on. If I read it in "Reading Mode" it stops at the end of "Top 10 dog names". Less mess to go through. So I find it more helpful backing up to pdf in reading mode. So a simple switch is all I need. Switching from "Microsoft Print to PDF" to "Save to PDF" I thought the "Microsoft Print to PDF" was the only "PDF" option. Well now this issue is fixed.

AndreTen said:

Have just tried that in Firefox... and it's behaving just like you wanted.. the title of pdf is the Title of article.

Browser Firefox, CTRL+P, selected printer is save to PDF (Firefox thing) and done

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I miss understood what you meant by "Selected Printer" "Save to PDF" on mine its called "Destination" so I went into my "Windows 11" and looked for the printers and could not find a printer with "PDF" other then the "Microsoft Print to PDF". I should have looked a bit harder sorry.

SweetHeart88 said:

I miss understood what you meant by "Selected Printer" "Save to PDF" on mine its called "Destination" so I went into my "Windows 11" and looked for the printers and could not find a printer with "PDF" other then the "Microsoft Print to PDF". I should have looked a bit harder sorry.

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Destination is "selected printer". Sorry if I wasn't clear. But you've managed it, as posted in your previous post.
"Save to pdf" is browser's own kind of printer, but doesn't really matter how we cal it. Important is, that it's doable