diff --git a/apps/client/src/components/app_context.ts b/apps/client/src/components/app_context.ts
index 7019617714..27fc2e1396 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/components/app_context.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/components/app_context.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { IncludeNoteOpts } from "../widgets/dialogs/include_note.jsx";
 import type { InfoProps } from "../widgets/dialogs/info.jsx";
 import type { MarkdownImportOpts } from "../widgets/dialogs/markdown_import.jsx";
 import { ChooseNoteTypeCallback } from "../widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.jsx";
+import type { PrintPreviewData } from "../widgets/dialogs/print_preview.jsx";
 import type { PromptDialogOptions } from "../widgets/dialogs/prompt.js";
 import type NoteTreeWidget from "../widgets/note_tree.js";
 import Component from "./component.js";
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ export type CommandMappings = {
     toggleRightPane: CommandData;
     printActiveNote: CommandData;
     exportAsPdf: CommandData;
+    showPrintPreview: PrintPreviewData;
     openNoteExternally: CommandData;
     openNoteCustom: CommandData;
     openNoteOnServer: CommandData;
diff --git a/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx b/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx
index 50550ea4b5..52f232eaa7 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import InfoDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/info.js";
 import IncorrectCpuArchDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/incorrect_cpu_arch.js";
 import CallToActionDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/call_to_action.jsx";
 import PopupEditorDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/PopupEditor.jsx";
+import PrintPreviewDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/print_preview.jsx";
 import ToastContainer from "../widgets/Toast.jsx";
 
 export function applyModals(rootContainer: RootContainer) {
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export function applyModals(rootContainer: RootContainer) {
         .child(<PromptDialog />)
         .child(<IncorrectCpuArchDialog />)
         .child(<PopupEditorDialog />)
+        .child(<PrintPreviewDialog />)
         .child(<CallToActionDialog />)
         .child(<ToastContainer />);
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
index 0e335e4da0..9fb2b1ec0f 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
+++ b/apps/client/src/translations/en/translation.json
@@ -2305,6 +2305,11 @@
     "toggle": "Toggle right panel",
     "custom_widget_go_to_source": "Go to source code"
   },
+  "print_preview": {
+    "title": "Print preview",
+    "close": "Close",
+    "save": "Save as PDF"
+  },
   "pdf": {
     "attachments_one": "{{count}} attachment",
     "attachments_other": "{{count}} attachments",
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx
index 40ae3e49e9..26765d46d5 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/NoteDetail.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import clsx from "clsx";
 import { isValidElement, VNode } from "preact";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 
+import appContext from "../components/app_context";
 import NoteContext from "../components/note_context";
 import FNote from "../entities/fnote";
 import type { PrintReport } from "../print";
@@ -146,11 +147,17 @@ export default function NoteDetail() {
             toast.closePersistent("printing");
             handlePrintReport(printReport);
         };
+        const onPreviewResult = (_e: any, { buffer, title }: { buffer: Uint8Array; title: string }) => {
+            toast.closePersistent("printing");
+            appContext.triggerCommand("showPrintPreview", { pdfBuffer: buffer, title });
+        };
         ipcRenderer.on("print-progress", onPrintProgress);
         ipcRenderer.on("print-done", onPrintDone);
+        ipcRenderer.on("export-as-pdf-preview-result", onPreviewResult);
         return () => {
             ipcRenderer.off("print-progress", onPrintProgress);
             ipcRenderer.off("print-done", onPrintDone);
+            ipcRenderer.off("export-as-pdf-preview-result", onPreviewResult);
         };
     }, []);
 
@@ -215,7 +222,7 @@ export default function NoteDetail() {
         showToast("exporting_pdf");
 
         const { ipcRenderer } = dynamicRequire("electron");
-        ipcRenderer.send("export-as-pdf", {
+        ipcRenderer.send("export-as-pdf-preview", {
             title: note.title,
             notePath: noteContext.notePath,
             pageSize: note.getAttributeValue("label", "printPageSize") ?? "Letter",
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/print_preview.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/print_preview.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca8cfdfd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/print_preview.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import Modal from "../react/Modal";
+import PdfViewer from "../type_widgets/file/PdfViewer";
+import Button from "../react/Button";
+import { useTriliumEvent } from "../react/hooks";
+import { t } from "../../services/i18n";
+import { dynamicRequire } from "../../services/utils";
+
+export interface PrintPreviewData {
+    pdfBuffer: Uint8Array;
+    title: string;
+}
+
+export default function PrintPreviewDialog() {
+    const [shown, setShown] = useState(false);
+    const [pdfUrl, setPdfUrl] = useState<string>();
+    const bufferRef = useRef<Uint8Array>();
+    const titleRef = useRef("");
+
+    useTriliumEvent("showPrintPreview", (data: PrintPreviewData) => {
+        bufferRef.current = data.pdfBuffer;
+        titleRef.current = data.title;
+
+        const blob = new Blob([data.pdfBuffer as BlobPart], { type: "application/pdf" });
+        const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+        setPdfUrl(url);
+        setShown(true);
+    });
+
+    function handleClose() {
+        setShown(false);
+        if (pdfUrl) {
+            URL.revokeObjectURL(pdfUrl);
+            setPdfUrl(undefined);
+        }
+        bufferRef.current = undefined;
+    }
+
+    function handleSave() {
+        if (!bufferRef.current) return;
+
+        const { ipcRenderer } = dynamicRequire("electron");
+        ipcRenderer.send("save-pdf", {
+            title: titleRef.current,
+            buffer: bufferRef.current
+        });
+        handleClose();
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <Modal
+            className="print-preview-dialog"
+            title={t("print_preview.title")}
+            size="xl"
+            show={shown}
+            onHidden={handleClose}
+            bodyStyle={{ height: "80vh", padding: 0 }}
+            footer={
+                <>
+                    <Button text={t("print_preview.close")} onClick={handleClose} />
+                    <Button text={t("print_preview.save")} className="btn-primary" onClick={handleSave} />
+                </>
+            }
+        >
+            {pdfUrl && <PdfViewer pdfUrl={pdfUrl} />}
+        </Modal>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/window.ts b/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
index 44ab3b2281..d0a83c30b8 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/window.ts
@@ -168,6 +168,66 @@ electron.ipcMain.on("export-as-pdf", async (e, { title, notePath, landscape, pag
     }
 });
 
+electron.ipcMain.on("export-as-pdf-preview", async (e, { title, notePath, landscape, pageSize }: ExportAsPdfOpts) => {
+    try {
+        const { browserWindow, printReport } = await getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e, notePath, "exporting_pdf");
+
+        try {
+            const buffer = await browserWindow.webContents.printToPDF({
+                landscape,
+                pageSize,
+                generateDocumentOutline: true,
+                generateTaggedPDF: true,
+                printBackground: true,
+                displayHeaderFooter: true,
+                headerTemplate: `<div></div>`,
+                footerTemplate: `
+                    <div class="pageNumber" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt;">
+                    </div>
+                `
+            });
+
+            e.sender.send("export-as-pdf-preview-result", { buffer, title });
+        } catch (_e) {
+            electron.dialog.showErrorBox(t("pdf.unable-to-export-title"), t("pdf.unable-to-export-message"));
+        } finally {
+            e.sender.send("print-done", printReport);
+            browserWindow.destroy();
+        }
+    } catch (err) {
+        e.sender.send("print-done", {
+            type: "error",
+            message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+            stack: err instanceof Error ? err.stack : undefined
+        });
+    }
+});
+
+electron.ipcMain.on("save-pdf", async (_e, { title, buffer }: { title: string; buffer: Buffer }) => {
+    const focusedWindow = electron.BrowserWindow.getFocusedWindow();
+    if (!focusedWindow) return;
+
+    const filePath = electron.dialog.showSaveDialogSync(focusedWindow, {
+        defaultPath: formatDownloadTitle(title, "file", "application/pdf"),
+        filters: [
+            {
+                name: t("pdf.export_filter"),
+                extensions: ["pdf"]
+            }
+        ]
+    });
+    if (!filePath) return;
+
+    try {
+        await fs.writeFile(filePath, Buffer.from(buffer));
+    } catch (_e) {
+        electron.dialog.showErrorBox(t("pdf.unable-to-export-title"), t("pdf.unable-to-save-message"));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    electron.shell.openPath(filePath);
+});
+
 async function getBrowserWindowForPrinting(e: IpcMainEvent, notePath: string, action: "printing" | "exporting_pdf") {
     // Offscreen rendering crashes on Wayland due to a Chromium bug where the OSR surface
     // lacks a valid xdg_toplevel role, causing a fatal zxdg_exporter_v2 protocol error.