I love to use Pinterest for homeschool planning
(e.g.: famous contemporary artists, and here)
as well as a visual record of my browsing and research.
Most many of my boards are pure Pinterest pleasure and inspiration!
Recently I read how to print your Pinterest boards and gave the concept a try. Jen gives lovely clear screen shots and step-by-step instructions ~
Using Google Chrome ~
- Upload your Pinterest board.
- (Make sure all the images load before you continue! Wait for all those blanks to load or else your printout/ pdf will have blanks!)
- Scroll to the very bottom of the board.
- Right-click on the slide-down tab and select “Print” in the pop-up menu.
- Ensure your printer settings include colour and landscape orientation. (If it is on “Portrait” your right-hand side of the board will be cut off.)
- Print. Simple, right?
Using Mozilla Firefox ~
- Upload your Pinterest board.
- (Make sure all the images load before you continue! Wait for all those blanks to load or else your printout/ pdf will have blanks!)
- Scroll to the very bottom of the board.
- Press “Control + P” for print.
- Select your printer to your own pdf printer. I have Dopdf loaded on my computer.
- Click “Print Preview” and change the settings to landscape orientation. (If it is on “Portrait” your right-hand side images of the board will be cut off.)
- Print. Simple, right?
What if you don’t want to print it out?
Here’s how to save a pdf of your Pinterest board ~
Repeat all the steps in the print out instructions above, but instead of pressing “Print”
- Click the “Change” box in the “Destination” options.
- A list of options will pop up including “Save as pdf” as well as a list of all your printers and devices.
- Select “save as pdf”.
- Click “Save”.
- A pop-up menu with your board name as the file name. I added “… pinterest board” to the file name.
- Select the folder you want to save the pdf to and click “Save”.
Now I have a visual file saved with all the internet links that I can use with my planning.
I love how Jen cut out all her Pinterest art lesson printouts and placed them in ziplock baggies to use on her planning forms!
Additional resources:
- http://indulgy.com/post/nEZnW7nZF1/how-to-save-a-copy-of-your-pinterest-boards-as-
- http://pinterest.com/pin/134545107587830468/
- http://pinterest.com/alicia_eyer/all-for-pinterest/
Have you got any good tips to save/ print or use your Pinterest boards? Please share in the comments below.
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That is terrific! Thank you. I use my pinterest for a lot of homeschool planning and cooking recipes. I am going to give this a try.
@Lakenormanprep, ooh, yes, I can think this would be fantastic for organizing recipes too!
Thanks so much for showing us how to do this!
This is great to know. I’ve been worrying that Pinterest would suddenly go out of business and all my boards would just disappear, poof! Now I can save them or print them. Thank you.
I am so glad you were inspired by my Pinterest and Lesson Planning Idea. I still use it and love it! :)
Ive loved doing this for a while and thanks for a few new methods but im running into the problem that with the new loom pinterest is rolling out, none of my boards will save or print without pictures being cut off on the sides and in between pages. Have you tried it with the new look too?
devon
@Devon, I do use the new look. With either views just change your print/ save option to view in landscape and not portrait so that the page is wider.
Thanks for your tips.
But I have a problem; when I follow your instructions and save my board as a pdf file, it saves blank pages without the pictures/contents! Am i doing something wrong?
Many thanks
Muna
@Muna,perhaps your pictures did not load? Wait until your whole board displays on your page before you right-click to save as pdf.
Muna, I have the same problem. I don’t know why this happens, but here’ what I did:
Using Google chrome, right click on page (after fully loaded) choose print, then save to PDF. I choose the range of pages that were visable in the print window. Then when I returned to the board, moved my mouse down the page a bit and repeated, adding a number to each saved version so as not to overwrite what i’d already saved. For some reason, only certain information within a distance of the mouse click will appear in the print window. Don’t know why, pain in the butt.
If there is an easier solution, I’m all ears!
Also, does anyone know where I can print color copies of my boards that is not 60 cents a page (Staples)?
I have the same problem as Muna! It just saves a blank page but with the title at the top =[[[[ x
You can also make use of our free tool: http://www.downloadmyboard.com
There is a very fast and easy method of saving not only your boards, but all of your pins and likes, including descriptions and links to Pinterest and the original source. Please visit http://www.pin4ever.com to get a free full backup, and try our other helpful Pinterest tools.
I don’t seem to have the change thing to save as pdf of my printer screen.