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Printee for Internet Explorer Makes Printing Web Pages Easy

Do you find it difficult to filter out images, Ads and other unwanted content from web pages (for printing)? You no longer have to manually edit Web pages to remove unwanted content before printing. Have a look at Printee for Internet Explorer. Printee is a Web Printing tool for Internet Explorer which lets you pick, edit and print web page only what you want. Using Printee you can remove images and backgrounds, selectively delete page elements such as advertising, navigation menus and other items, and also change the font, width and page layout style.

For example, the following page:

is stripped down to:

Here are the Features of Printee

  1. Condense any web page down to just the content you want, no anything useless
  2. Reducing your paper and ink usage
  3. What You See Is What You Get
  4. Support Ecofont, Save 20% Ink
  5. Send by Mail, Share with friends
  6. Improve Readability of the Web Page only one key (Ctrl-G)

Download Printee for IE (472 KB) from irido.com. Printee runs in Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista and supports IE6/IE7/IE8.

Installing Printee for IE adds a green buton to the IE toolbar which looks like this:

If the green button does not appear, you’ll have to customize the toolbar settings in order to add the Printee b button.

See Also

Printee for IE – Screenshots

Printee for IE – Demo Video

How to Disable Internet Explorer 8 Welcome Screen (Tour and RunOnce) for All Users

When you open Internet Explorer 8 the first time, you’ll see the Set Up Windows Internet Explorer 8 screen asking you to configure the search and accelerator settings. After configuring the settings, a new tab window opens automatically, redirecting to Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Website. This article tells you how to disable the Internet Explorer 8 Tour (Set up & Welcome screen) for all user accounts.

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How to Remove the “Download Windows Search” Prompt in Internet Explorer 8 Address Bar

When you type something in the Internet Explorer 8 Address bar, you may be prompted with the message Download Windows Search to improve history and favorites results. This message is shown in systems where Windows Search is not installed or if it is disabled. I’m sure there are still a lot of users who prefer not to install Windows Search, and want to remove the annoying "Download Windows Search" prompt in IE8.

Microsoft KB968513 instructs to download Windows Search in order to remove the prompt, but does not tell how to remove the prompt without having to install or enable Windows Search. That’s the reason I wrote this article. (more…)

Enable InPrivate Filtering by Default for All Internet Explorer 8 Sessions

InPrivate Filtering is a feature introduced in Internet Explorer 8 which provides users with greater control over which third-parties can potentially track your browsing activities. InPrivate Filtering is turned off by default, and can be activated using the CTRL + SHIFT + F key sequence, or via the menu options. The problem is that the InPrivate Filtering feature is not automatically enabled when you open a new Internet Explorer window, and users need to enable it on a per-session basis. However, there is a registry edit to enable InPrivate Filtering by default in every Internet Explorer session. (more…)

Register Internet Explorer (InPrivate) With Default Programs in Windows 7 and Vista

InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent your browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser, leaving no evidence of your browsing or search history. We covered InPrivate browsing in our previous articles which our readers found useful. Here is an utility which adds Internet Explorer (InPrivate) entry to the Default Programs applet in Windows Vista and Windows 7. (more…)

Start Internet Explorer 8 in InPrivate Mode Using the Start Menu Internet Icon

Earlier we covered some tips about the InPrivate feature in Internet Explorer 8. Here is another tip (a registry edit) to start Internet Explorer in InPrivate Browsing mode when the user clicks on the Start menu Internet icon. (more…)

Add Google Search Option to the Right-Click Menu in Internet Explorer

Want to search Google for selected text in Internet Explorer via the right-click menu? Here is how to add Google Search option to the context menu in Internet Explorer. (more…)

Fix: “Find on This Page” Does Not Work in Internet Explorer 8

When you use the Find on this Page… option in the Edit menu, or  use the CTRL + F shortcut in Internet Explorer 8, the Find bar may not display. The space where the Find bar is to appear may be expanded correctly, but the Find bar does not show up and the toggle does not work. (more…)

How to Disable the “Reopen Last Browsing Session” Feature in Internet Explorer 8

Earlier we saw how to clear the last browsing session history in Internet Explorer 8 using CCleaner. There is a new GPO added which lets you disable the Reopen Last Browsing Session option. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to use the Reopen Last Browsing Session option from the Tools menu. (more…)

Add “Open in InPrivate Window” Option to the Right-Click Menu for Internet Shortcuts (.URL Files)

We saw how to open hyperlinks from an existing Internet Explorer 8 window in a separate InPrivate Browsing window. Here is another hack which adds "Open in InPrivate Window" to the context menu for Internet Shortcuts (.URLs). This tip applies only to Internet Explorer 8. (more…)