The present invention is directed to a method, apparatus, system, or
computer program product that allows a user to choose one or more print
options within a browser environment in order to conserve the consumption
of physical resources, such as paper and printer ink, by modifying the
content of a document. Web-based documents are generally printed for
specific, limited purposes, and hardcopy versions of Web-based documents
can be relatively expensive. By utilizing the extensible nature of
browser applications and the standard formatting of structured documents
on the World Wide Web, a methodology is provided for reducing the
consumption of printing supplies in order to reduce printing costs of
relatively expensive printouts of Web-based documents. By parsing the
document and changing the structure, tags, elements, element attribute
values, text, graphics, etc., of the document, the present invention
creates a modified document that consumes less physical resources during
the physical printing process.