How to Print from Facebook

This How.com.vn teaches you how to print a physical copy of a Facebook page, photo, or screenshot. Note that you will need to have access to a working printer to which your computer is already connected.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Printing a Facebook Page

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Open Facebook. If you have a long comment thread you want to print or you're looking to showcase several pages from your News Feed, printing a Facebook page formatting and all is your best bet.
- When printing a Facebook page, you'll notice some of Facebook's formatting is simplified. If this doesn't suit your purposes, consider proceeding to the "Printing a Screenshot" method.
Picking a random point in your News Feed will cause several pages to be included in your print job.
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Right-click the Facebook page. If you're using a Mac, click using two fingers.
- Do this on a blank piece of the page (e.g., not on a link or a photo).
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Click Print. You can also hold down Ctrl and tap P (for PC users), or you can hold down Command and tap P (for Mac users).
- On a Mac, this option says Print Page instead.
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Review your printing details. When printing a single Facebook page from your News Feed, you'll likely see a few extra pages included. You can remove these if you wish.
- You should also decide whether or not you need color for your print job.
- Note that your computer needs to be connected to a printer in order for the printer to respond to your request.
If your computer is hooked up to the printer and the printer is properly set up, your image should begin printing.
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Method 2

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Printing a Facebook Photo

Open the Facebook website. In order to print a Facebook photo, you'll first need to save the photo in question to your computer--you can't print a photo directly from the site.
You should see a list of options pop up.
You may have to choose a save location before the download properly begins.
If you're using a Mac, you'll need to double-click the photo to open it instead.
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Click Print. Doing so will bring up the print preferences menu.
- Mac users will need to hold down Command and tap P.
- If you're using a Mac, you can also click File in the top left corner of the screen and then select Print.
Depending on what you want your printed product to look like, you may have to alter things like the image size, the color settings, and the style of printing per page.
As long as your computer is connected to a printer and the printer is set up properly, your photo should begin printing.
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Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Printing a Screenshot

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Open the Facebook app. Printing a specific screenshot is a good way to limit the amount of information on the page while preserving the visual quality of the subject.
- For example, if you just want to print a picture of your status with a couple of comments, using a screenshot is preferable to printing the whole Facebook page.
- You can also perform this action on a PC or on a Mac.
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Navigate to the screen you wish to capture. If you're trying to print a photo, you'll first need to open the photo in question.
- You can also save the photo in question by tapping ... and then selecting Save Photo.
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Take a screenshot. If you're using an iPhone, you'll need to press the Home button and the Lock button simultaneously. Android users may have to experiment with different combinations, but you'll generally need to press the Power and Volume Down buttons simultaneously.
- In the case of old, pre-4.0 Android models, you'll press the Power and Home buttons at the same time.
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Send your screenshot to your computer. You can do this in a variety of ways:
- Via email as an image attachment
- Through Facebook Messenger as an image
- By uploading it to a cloud service (e.g., Google Drive)
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Download the image to your computer. Try to save it somewhere easily accessible (e.g., your desktop).
If you're using a Mac, you'll need to open the screenshot instead.
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Click Print. Mac users will need to hold down Command and tap P. Doing so will bring up the print preferences menu.
- If you're using a Mac, you can also click File in the top left corner of the screen and then select Print.
Depending on what you want your printed product to look like, you may have to alter things like the size, the color settings, and the style of printing per page.
As long as your computer is connected to a printer and the printer is set up properly, your screenshot should begin printing.
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