# Printing to PDF from Math StackExchange

I've tried the suggestions at http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/6593/printing-pages-from-m-s-e and http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/3079/is-it-possible-to-convert-and-possibly-download-the-answers-discussions-in-pdf, but printing to PDF distorts and removes the LATEX formatting. I do: File --> Print --> Select "Adobe PDF" as the printer. I've also tried StackPrinter but that didn't solve the problem.

May I please ask if anyone knows how to solve this problem?

I am using Firefox 19.0, Adobe Acrobat XI Pro (V11.0), and Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit version.

I'm trying to print Proving Pascal's Rule : ${{n} \choose {r}}={{n-1} \choose {r-1}}+{{n-1} \choose r}$ when $1\leq r\leq n$ but the result is the following: http://i.stack.imgur.com/1pScM.png . Thank you very much.

• – Martin Sleziak Mar 10 '13 at 18:28
• @MartinSleziak: Thank you for your response. I should add that I also tried StackPrinter and that only gave me the same PDF, with the distortions and omissions of LATEX. – Greek - Area 51 Proposal Mar 10 '13 at 18:40
• Yes. Printing from MSE "sucks the big one". Especially on MathJax heavy pages. – Asaf Karagila Mar 10 '13 at 18:42
• @LaPrevoyance This is what I get from StackPrinter: rapidshare.com/files/1068409794/TestMSE.pdf – Martin Sleziak Mar 10 '13 at 19:00
• What browser, version, operating system, PDF writer, etc. are you using? – Rahul Mar 10 '13 at 21:09
• Printing to PDF works fine for me (Firefox 19 with Mac OS X 10.8's built-in PDF output), so you can use this for the time being: dropbox.com/s/bdaw3690v8a6365/mse.pdf – Rahul Mar 11 '13 at 1:49
• I just checked with Firefox 19 on Linux and it worked fine too. Maybe it's just Windows, or "Adobe PDF", that doesn't like MathJax? – Rahul Mar 11 '13 at 8:44
• @RahulNarain: Thank you for your question and upload. I've updated my post with technical specifications. Martin Sleziak: Thank you also for your upload. – Greek - Area 51 Proposal Mar 12 '13 at 12:39
• @RahulNarain: The link is dead. – user 170039 Nov 19 '16 at 12:58