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JSTOR uses high-resolution images to store, display, and print faithful replications of the pages that make up the complete published record of the journals in its archive. Although there are many advantages to using images (see Why Images?), it is not possible to print out articles simply by using the "Print" button in an internet browser.
JSTOR offers several printing options which allow you to print articles in their entirety. You may select one option as your preferred method of printing at any time by selecting the "Set Preferences" button from the JSTOR toolbar or from the printing page.
Before a preference has been selected, the default option displayed on the printing page is PDF: High Quality, which requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader. For optimal printing of JSTOR articles, we recommend the use of JPRINT. Please see below for more information about these printing options.
It is possible to print .pdf versions of JSTOR articles. This requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which may be freely downloaded from the Adobe web site.
If your browser has been configured to use Acrobat Reader as a helper application, it will open the JSTOR article in a separate window. If Acrobat Reader has been installed as a plugin for your browser, the article and controls will be displayed within your browser screen. In either case, the JSTOR article will be displayed within Acrobat Reader, and Acrobat menu commands will be used to print. The entire article will download before it appears in Acrobat Reader. This can take up to three minutes even with a fast connection, making Acrobat printing perhaps the slowest printing option.
When selecting a printing option, it is important to remember that JSTOR .pdf files remain image files, not text files, and therefore the text cannot be copied, pasted or otherwise manipulated. For the same reason, the Acrobat Reader "Find" command will not work on a JSTOR image .pdf file.
The JSTOR Printing option requires the use of a special helper application called JPRINT. When JPRINT is configured to work with a browser, it enables you to print high-quality copies of articles in their entirety. In almost all cases, JPRINT is the fastest printing option because it begins to print the article as soon as the first page has been downloaded. JPRINT also allows you to send an article directly to a printer while you continue working in your browser.
Versions of JPRINT for Macintosh, Macintosh PowerPC, Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT, and XP, and the X Window system are currently available and may be configured to work with Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Users at affiliated sites may download JPRINT from the JSTOR Printing: Helper Applications page. Step-by-step instructions for downloading and configuring the appropriate version of the JPRINT helper application may also be found there.
JSTOR's Terms and Conditions permit you to make one stored electronic copy and one paper copy of any article from the database, for your personal, noncommercial use.
You may download articles to your personal hard drive for printing later by selecting the "Download" link next to a citation in a list of search results or on a Table of Contents page. It may also be possible to save an article on a floppy disk if the article is not too large.
You can use Adobe Acrobat at a later time to view or print the article. In general, saving files in PDF: Economy Print will create the smallest files. We estimate that you should be able to save a thirty to thirty-five-page article on one floppy disk using Adobe Acrobat Economy Print.
Last updated on September 8, 2006
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