If you use the default skin ("MonoBook"), MediaWiki uses Cascading Style Sheets in order to specify the style and layout of the printable version of a page. In modern browsers, the print function of the browser should automatically select this style sheet when you print an article -- hence the "Print" command of your web browser is normally all you need to know.

If you are using other, older skins such as the "Standard" skin, you can get a printable version of a page using the "Printable version" link, or by adding the text "&printable=yes" to the URL, e.g.

//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Printable&printable=yes

You create a URL to the printable version of the current page with:

{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|printable=yes}}

When using MonoBook skin, printing an ordinary page should also automatically print this version, even though it is not on the screen. However, there may be some differences: depending on your print settings, it may include page numbers, etc. To check what you will actually get, use the Print Preview feature of your browser.

Check the following page.

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/master/resources/src/mediawiki.legacy/commonPrint.css

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