Print a PDF From Your iPhone in a Just Few Quick Taps

Whether you want to print a page from website or an email, doing so just takes a few steps.

Lisa Eadicicco is a senior editor for CNET covering mobile devices. She has been writing about technology for almost a decade. Prior to joining CNET, Lisa served as a senior tech correspondent at Insider covering Apple and the broader consumer tech industry. She was also previously a tech columnist for Time Magazine and got her start as a staff writer for Laptop Mag and Tom's Guide.

For some of us, our phone is our primary computer -- and that means printing the occasional document from your mobile device. Whether it's a spreadsheet or a travel itinerary, sometimes it's just easier to read a hard copy rather than a digital file on your phone's tiny 6-inch screen.

Printing from your iPhone is simple, as long as you're connected to a printer that's compatible with AirPrint. Check out this support page on Apple's website for a list of printers that work with AirPrint. You can access the printing option in most email and web browser apps just by clicking the share button in iOS. You can also save a website or email as a PDF in the iPhone's Files app from this menu, too.

Here's how to print or save web pages and emails as PDFs on your iPhone.

How to print or save a web page as a PDF on your iPhone

First, open the website you'd like to print in your phone's web browser.

Then, tap the Share button. In most apps, this looks like a square with an arrow pointing up, as shown below. You can find this symbol near the search bar in Apple's Safari browser where the bookmarks and new tab icons are located. In Google Chrome, the share button is in the search bar next to the website's address. In some apps, like Mozilla Firefox, you may need to tap a menu icon that looks like three dots or three lines stacked on top of each other to find the Share option.

Next, select Print. This will pull up the iPhone's print options screen, which lets you choose which printer you'd like to use and the number of copies to print among other settings.

Press the Print button from the print options screen to send your document to the designated printer.

If you want to save the website as a PDF instead, long-press the document preview displayed below the print options.

This will enlarge the selected page in preview mode. Once enlarged, tap the document page to generate a PDF. Then press the Share icon.

And finally, choose the Save to Files option from the list. These steps should be the same whether you're printing or saving a PDF from Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

How to print or save an email as a PDF on your iPhone

Open the email you'd like to print and press the Print button. In Apple's Mail app, tap the arrow near the bottom of the screen and scroll down to the Print option. In Gmail, tap the button that looks like three dots located in the sender line and then choose Print. In Outlook, you'll also need to press an icon that looks like three dots near the top of the screen and press the Print Conversation option. If like some users, you're not seeing a Print option in Outlook, try forwarding the email to another address registered with a different email client, or whichever email address you use with Apple's Mail app.

From here, the steps are the same as printing a web page. Tap the Print button in the top right corner after choosing your desired print settings from the available options.

If you want to save the email as a PDF on your phone, long-press the document preview to enlarge it. Then, tap this enlarged preview to generate a PDF.

Press the Share icon, which is located in the bottom left corner.

Press the Save to Files option.

And that's all there is to it. For more iPhone advice, check out this list of settings you should change and tips for clipping photos in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.