Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Add Print Friendly to Google Reader

Do you use Google Reader? Now you can add Print Friendly to print the articles you want without all the clutter.

Google Reader launched the feature "Send To" which allows you to send any post to PrintFriendly. Thanks to Zsolt for bringing this to our attention, and preparing the links! You can add more than Print Friendly to Google Reader, you can also add Delicious, Evernote, ShareThis among others. For a great list of services to add, check out this article on LifeHacker.

Here's a visual How To Guide to add Print Friendly to Google Reader.

Step 1: Select Settings in Google Reader






Step 2: Click the "Send To" Tab, Then "Create a Custom Link"




















Step 3: Create a Custom Link for PrintFriendly
Add the following information to the fields.
Name: PrintFriendly
URL: http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=${url}
Icon URL: http://cdn.printfriendly.com/pf-icon.gif














Step 4: Enjoy!On every article within Google Reader you'll see a "Send To" link with Print Friendly and any other custom links you've added.







If you have any questions or feedback, contact us PrintFriendly.com.

31 comments:

  1. Excellent invention! Deserves an award :-)

    Please could you clarify whether adding the "print friendly" button to a webpage enables visitors to produce a "print friendly" version automatically, ie. without adding the button to their browsers?

    This is what I understood from your website and YouTube video but it does not seem to work that way.

    Best wishes,
    Lizzie

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  2. Thank you for such a cool tool. This is awesome.

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  3. Google reader doesn't recognize the url. :(

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  4. is there somewhere so i can pay for an add free version of the wordpress plugin?

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  5. thanks for the info and explanation provided

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  6. Thank you for such a cool tool. This is awesome.

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  7. Holy Cow, I posted this so long ago, I didn't know it was getting comments. Sorry folks, going to get back to you right now.

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  8. @Lizzie. Yes, adding PrintFriendly to a webpage allows users to print instantly without adding anything to the browser

    @Sara, what's the URL you are trying to add?

    @Michael Yes, we do ad-free versions for a few people. Send me an email with details.

    @Megan @ sewa You made my day :)

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  9. Very nice, thanks for the information.

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  10. This is awesome.. I do have one question though... Is there anyway to make the font of the printed page just a bit smaller?

    Thanks for all of you work!
    Nancy

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  11. How can I get all my blog entries in a print-friendly PDF without inserting the "Print Friendly" button on my blog? i.e. How can I get all my blog in PDF-form only for my use?

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  12. Just had to take a moment to let you know how delighted I am to find this! Very cool!!!

    Thank you to YOU and One Crazy Cookie (the blog I found it on:) Louise

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  13. @~~louise~~ Thank you :)

    @Artus Silenis Try using the Print Friendly browser tool, http://www.printfriendly.com/browser_tool

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  14. Yes I do, and it's a good tool!!! I really recommend it. It'll be the best thing that Google's engineers launched.

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  15. Yes, you in the middle of the toolbar you'll see a menu that reads "Text Size".

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  16. This is awesome.. I do have one question though... Is there anyway to make the font of the printed page just a bit smaller?

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  17. I wanted to say Thank You for providing this information, youre doing a great job..
    Thanks.

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  18. Thanks a lot this will make the print process easy and better.

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  19. You have to be awarded for this. This is amazing thank you.

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  20. Thank you for sharing this wonderful information. I will give it a try :).

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  21. Very useful. Thanks so much!

    This works with some websites I peruse but doesn't for a Washington Post blog. Any thoughts?

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    1. Hi,

      Do you have any specific URL that does not work with PrintFriendly?

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  22. thank you for the information, so provide lots of information for me

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  23. I am not sure the things that I would have implemented without the entire creative concepts shared by you about such a topic.

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  24. Nice article, thanks for the information. It's very complete information. I will bookmark for next reference.

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  25. verry brilliant article here thanks for give me some information

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  26. after reading your tutorial i applicated and done thanks bro

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  27. I have visit this blog first time and totally enjoyed it really.

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  28. after read this tutorial thats simple way to adding print friendly to google reader thanks for advice us with your tutorial :)

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