How would I open a web page as pdf and open that pdf in an app?

I just remembered an old trick that may help. I'm on an older macOS, but there exists

~/Library/PDF Services

and if an alias to an app is placed in the folder, then the alias presents itself as an option in the Print > PDF menu of apps (like Safari). It successfully worked here (10.14 Mojave), opening a PDF of a web page in the app for which I'd added an alias.

Do note the PDF was not yet saved outside of a system temp folder, so if it works on newer OSes then proper saving may be the ideal first step upon PDF creation.

NOTE: I initially specified the incorrect folder (Printing Services) instead of PDF Services.

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