For things off the internet that you just want to save for later reading (or citation at mudcat) there are a couple of fairly decent options that don't waste paper or ink.

In IE (and probably in other browsers) the "Page" button on the toolbar lets you "save as."

If you save as html, any inserts will be in a folder separate from the page file, so moving either, or renaming anything after the save, will break all the links.

Another choice is Save As "Web Archive Single Page" (.mht). This puts everything into a single file, including all the linked-in pictures (that get captured). The file should open in your default browser when you're ready to use it later.

A "fault" with either of the above two methods is that neither clearly records the URL for the page, so you can't easily use the saved file to make a "clickie" when you cite the page for someone else to look at.

In most browsers, you can set up your print preferences to print the URL in the footer on each page. If you then print the web page using the "print to PDF" or other print-to-file setting, your default footer, with the URL should appear on each page of the "print." This works for most pages, but very long URLs will be truncated, so you need to check to make sure you've captured the whole thing if you're relying on it to be able to go back to the page. Especially for Google (or other search engine) results, you'll probably want to "remove frame" to get a direct link to the page and get rid of all the search/link foo-fah.

A last resort is to copy what you want to Word (or wp of your choice) and paste the URL (and ideally the date of publication) separately into the document, and just save the .doc (or .docx). This was a preferred method just a few months ago, but the proliferation of linked-in ads and "animated" clicky/blinkies, and excessive use of frames for everything - making it hard even to "highlight" what you want to copy - makes it less useful for sites that have "followed market trends."

John