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NotebookPrint
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NotebookPrint[notebook,"file.ext"]
saves a print‐ready form of the notebook to a file in the format indicated by the file extension ext.
Details and Options

- If notebook is a NotebookObject, then NotebookPrint will print the complete notebook. If it is a NotebookSelection, then NotebookPrint will print just the selection.
- NotebookPrint[expr] is equivalent to NotebookPrint[CreateDocument[expr]].
- NotebookPrint uses the printing options set for the specified notebook, taking defaults from the global options set for the whole front end.
- NotebookPrint[notebook,"file.ps"] saves the PostScript form of the notebook in a file.
- NotebookPrint[notebook,"file.pdf"] saves the PDF form.
- NotebookPrint[notebook,File["file.ext"]] is also supported.
- NotebookPrint[notebook,stream,"format"] sends the print‐ready form of the notebook to a stream in the specified format.
- If the option setting Interactive->True is given, the front end will prompt the user with the standard system Print dialog.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases
Save the print form of a notebook to a file in PDF format:
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0bdpxkuya-b1q6z1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0bdpxkuya-gbgwuv
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The file is saved with the same appearance it has when printed from the Wolfram System:
Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookPrint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html (updated 2016).
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Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookPrint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html (updated 2016).
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Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookPrint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html (updated 2016).
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Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookPrint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html (updated 2016).
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Wolfram Language. 1996. "NotebookPrint." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html.
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Wolfram Language. 1996. "NotebookPrint." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2016. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html.
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Wolfram Language. (1996). NotebookPrint. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html
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Wolfram Language. (1996). NotebookPrint. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_notebookprint, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotebookPrint}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-March-2025
]}
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_notebookprint, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotebookPrint}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookPrint.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-March-2025
]}