A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for
identifying hypertext links in document printouts. A document to be
printed is scanned for identifying local hypertext links within the
document. A page location of each identified local hypertext links within
the document is computed and stored. Printable objects are sequentially
checked to identify each printable object within a hypertext anchor tag.
Each identified printable object within a hypertext anchor tag is
rendered with a predefined indication of the hypertext link. A local
hypertext link is printed with a page number of the hypertext link within
the document. An external hypertext link is printed with a uniform
resource locator (URL) for the external hypertext link. Both the page
number of the local hypertext link within the document and the uniform
resource locator (URL) for the external hypertext link can be printed,
for example, in superscript form and bolded or with other highlighting.