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{{nutshell|To print a Wikipedia page, select File → Print from your web browser, or click on the browser print icon.}}

In general, printing a Wikipedia [[wp:article|article]] is as simple as selecting ''Printable version'' from the tools menu on the sidebar or at the top-right. Your browser probably has its own print preview feature.

The [[MediaWiki]] software that Wikipedia runs on uses [[Cascading Style Sheets]] in order to specify the style and layout that is suitable to a printed version of the page. In modern browsers, the print function of the browser should automatically use the rules in the style sheets when you print an article, therefore the ''print'' command of your web browser is also useful.

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Print page is not needed for any modern browser, as these browsers will parse the <code>media="print"</code> CSS styles included in the markup of Wikipedia pages. The print rules are applied automatically when the page is printed or previewed from the browser.

Printable version does not apply <code>@media print</code> rules from user style sheets—sheets, see below.

==CSS==

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===@media print===

CSS media types define the rules for different types of presentation media. The normal display uses <code>@media screen</code> rules; printing rules can be defined with defined <code>@media print</code>.

==Controlling print==

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==See also==

* [[Help:Cascading Style Sheets]]

* [[Help:Books]]

* [[User:TheDJ/Print options]]— a script that gives you greater control of how Wikipedia pages are printed.