diff --git a/frontend/src/tools/paywallkiller.jsx b/frontend/src/tools/paywallkiller.jsx
index 463be87..a7bded6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/tools/paywallkiller.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/tools/paywallkiller.jsx
@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@ export default function PaywallKiller() {
   const [inputUrl,    setInputUrl]    = useState('');
   const [status,      setStatus]      = useState('idle');
   const [archiveUrl,  setArchiveUrl]  = useState('');
-  const [snapshotUrl, setSnapshotUrl] = useState('');
   const [captchaDone, setCaptchaDone] = useState(false);
-  const [errMsg,      setErrMsg]      = useState('');
-  const [pdfLoading,  setPdfLoading]  = useState(false);
-  const inputRef    = useRef(null);
-  const snapshotRef = useRef(null);
+  const inputRef = useRef(null);
 
   function getTargetUrl() {
     const url = inputUrl.trim();
@@ -28,60 +24,18 @@ export default function PaywallKiller() {
     if (!inputUrl.trim()) return;
     const aUrl = `https://archive.ph/newest/${getTargetUrl()}`;
     setArchiveUrl(aUrl);
-    setSnapshotUrl('');
     setStatus('open_archive');
     setCaptchaDone(false);
-    setErrMsg('');
-  }
-
-  async function handlePdf() {
-    const urlToUse = snapshotUrl.trim() || archiveUrl;
-    if (!urlToUse) return;
-    setPdfLoading(true);
-    setErrMsg('');
-    try {
-      const token = localStorage.getItem('sk_token');
-      const res = await fetch('/api/tools/paywallkiller/pdf', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: {
-          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-          ...(token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {}),
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ archiveUrl: urlToUse }),
-      });
-      if (!res.ok) {
-        const d = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
-        throw new Error(d.error || 'PDF-Fehler');
-      }
-      const blob = await res.blob();
-      const objUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-      const a = document.createElement('a');
-      a.href = objUrl;
-      a.download = 'artikel_' + Date.now() + '.pdf';
-      document.body.appendChild(a);
-      a.click();
-      document.body.removeChild(a);
-      setTimeout(() => URL.revokeObjectURL(objUrl), 5000);
-    } catch (err) {
-      setErrMsg(err.message || 'PDF fehlgeschlagen');
-    } finally {
-      setPdfLoading(false);
-    }
   }
 
   function handleReset() {
     setInputUrl('');
     setStatus('idle');
     setArchiveUrl('');
-    setSnapshotUrl('');
     setCaptchaDone(false);
-    setErrMsg('');
-    setPdfLoading(false);
     setTimeout(() => inputRef.current?.focus(), 50);
   }
 
-  const canPdf = captchaDone && (snapshotUrl.trim().startsWith('https://archive.') || archiveUrl);
-
   return (
     <div style={{ padding: '20px 16px', maxWidth: 640, margin: '0 auto' }}>
 
@@ -122,40 +76,25 @@ export default function PaywallKiller() {
       {status === 'open_archive' && (
         <>
           {/* Schritt 1 */}
-          <div style={{ ...S.card, borderColor: `${C.accent}55`, marginBottom: 12 }}>
+          <div style={{ ...S.card, borderColor: captchaDone ? `${C.success}55` : `${C.accent}55`, marginBottom: 12 }}>
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, marginBottom: 10 }}>
               <span style={{ background: `${C.accent}20`, border: `1px solid ${C.accent}44`, borderRadius: '50%', width: 22, height: 22, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', fontSize: 11, color: C.accent, fontFamily: 'monospace', flexShrink: 0 }}>1</span>
               <span style={{ color: C.accent, fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 12 }}>ARCHIVE.PH ÖFFNEN & CAPTCHA LÖSEN</span>
             </div>
-            <div style={{ color: C.muted, fontSize: 11, fontFamily: 'monospace', marginBottom: 12, lineHeight: 1.7 }}>
-              Öffne archive.ph, löse das CAPTCHA, warte bis der Artikel vollständig sichtbar ist.{'\n'}
-              Kopiere dann die URL aus der Adressleiste (sieht aus wie{' '}
-              <span style={{ color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.5)' }}>archive.ph/AbCdE</span>) und füge sie unten ein.
+
+            <div style={{ color: C.muted, fontSize: 11, fontFamily: 'monospace', lineHeight: 1.7, marginBottom: 12 }}>
+              Öffne archive.ph und löse das CAPTCHA. Warte bis der vollständige Artikel sichtbar ist, dann zurückkommen und Schritt 2 ausführen.
             </div>
-            <a
-              href={archiveUrl}
-              target="_blank"
-              rel="noreferrer"
-              style={{ ...S.btn(C.accent), display: 'block', textAlign: 'center', textDecoration: 'none', width: '100%', boxSizing: 'border-box', fontSize: 13, marginBottom: 12 }}>
+
+            <a href={archiveUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
+              style={{ ...S.btn(C.accent), display: 'block', textAlign: 'center', textDecoration: 'none', boxSizing: 'border-box', fontSize: 13, marginBottom: 12 }}>
               🌐 archive.ph öffnen
             </a>
 
-            {/* Snapshot-URL Eingabe */}
-            <div style={{ ...S.head, marginBottom: 6, fontSize: 10 }}>SNAPSHOT-URL AUS ADRESSLEISTE (optional)</div>
-            <input
-              ref={snapshotRef}
-              value={snapshotUrl}
-              onChange={e => setSnapshotUrl(e.target.value)}
-              placeholder="https://archive.ph/AbCdE"
-              style={{ ...S.inp, width: '100%', boxSizing: 'border-box', marginBottom: 12, fontSize: 12 }}
-            />
-
-            {/* Checkbox */}
-            <div
-              onClick={() => setCaptchaDone(v => !v)}
+            <div onClick={() => setCaptchaDone(v => !v)}
               style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 12, cursor: 'pointer', padding: '10px 12px', background: captchaDone ? `${C.success}12` : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)', border: `1px solid ${captchaDone ? C.success + '55' : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.1)'}`, borderRadius: 8 }}>
-              <div style={{ width: 22, height: 22, borderRadius: 5, flexShrink: 0, background: captchaDone ? C.success : 'transparent', border: `2px solid ${captchaDone ? C.success : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.3)'}`, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', transition: 'all 0.15s' }}>
-                {captchaDone && <span style={{ color: '#000', fontSize: 14, fontWeight: 'bold', lineHeight: 1 }}>✓</span>}
+              <div style={{ width: 22, height: 22, borderRadius: 5, flexShrink: 0, background: captchaDone ? C.success : 'transparent', border: `2px solid ${captchaDone ? C.success : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.3)'}`, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
+                {captchaDone && <span style={{ color: '#000', fontSize: 14, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>✓</span>}
               </div>
               <span style={{ color: captchaDone ? C.success : 'rgba(255,255,255,0.6)', fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 12 }}>
                 Artikel ist vollständig sichtbar
@@ -163,52 +102,50 @@ export default function PaywallKiller() {
             </div>
           </div>
 
-          {/* Schritt 2 – nur wenn Checkbox gesetzt */}
+          {/* Schritt 2 – PDF über Browser-Druck */}
           {captchaDone && (
             <div style={{ ...S.card, borderColor: `${C.success}55`, marginBottom: 12 }}>
               <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 8, marginBottom: 10 }}>
                 <span style={{ background: `${C.success}20`, border: `1px solid ${C.success}44`, borderRadius: '50%', width: 22, height: 22, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', fontSize: 11, color: C.success, fontFamily: 'monospace', flexShrink: 0 }}>2</span>
-                <span style={{ color: C.success, fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 12 }}>PDF ERSTELLEN</span>
+                <span style={{ color: C.success, fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 12 }}>ALS PDF SPEICHERN</span>
               </div>
-              <div style={{ color: C.muted, fontSize: 11, fontFamily: 'monospace', marginBottom: 12, lineHeight: 1.6 }}>
-                {snapshotUrl.trim()
-                  ? `Nutzt Snapshot-URL: ${snapshotUrl.trim()}`
-                  : 'Nutzt: ' + archiveUrl}
+
+              <div style={{ color: C.muted, fontSize: 11, fontFamily: 'monospace', lineHeight: 1.7, marginBottom: 14 }}>
+                Öffne den Artikel nochmal und nutze die <strong style={{ color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.7)' }}>Drucken-Funktion</strong> deines Browsers um ihn als PDF zu speichern:
               </div>
-              <button onClick={handlePdf} disabled={pdfLoading}
-                style={{ ...S.btn(C.success), width: '100%', fontSize: 13, opacity: pdfLoading ? 0.6 : 1, cursor: pdfLoading ? 'default' : 'pointer' }}>
-                {pdfLoading ? '⏳ PDF wird erstellt (15–30s)...' : '⬇ Als PDF speichern'}
-              </button>
+
+              {/* Anleitung */}
+              {[
+                ['📱', 'Android Chrome', 'Menü (⋮) → Teilen → Drucken → Als PDF speichern'],
+                ['🍎', 'iOS Safari', 'Teilen → Als PDF sichern'],
+                ['💻', 'Desktop', 'Strg+P / Cmd+P → Ziel: Als PDF speichern'],
+              ].map(([icon, label, desc]) => (
+                <div key={label} style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 10, marginBottom: 8, padding: '8px 10px', background: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.03)', borderRadius: 6, border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.07)' }}>
+                  <span style={{ fontSize: 16, flexShrink: 0 }}>{icon}</span>
+                  <div>
+                    <div style={{ color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.7)', fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 11, marginBottom: 2 }}>{label}</div>
+                    <div style={{ color: C.muted, fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 10, lineHeight: 1.5 }}>{desc}</div>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              ))}
+
+              <a href={archiveUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
+                style={{ ...S.btn(C.success), display: 'block', textAlign: 'center', textDecoration: 'none', boxSizing: 'border-box', fontSize: 13, marginTop: 4 }}>
+                🖨 Artikel öffnen → Als PDF drucken
+              </a>
             </div>
           )}
         </>
       )}
 
-      {errMsg && (
-        <div style={{ ...S.card, borderColor: `${C.error}44`, marginBottom: 12 }}>
-          <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 8, alignItems: 'flex-start' }}>
-            <span>⚠️</span>
-            <div>
-              <div style={{ color: C.error, fontFamily: 'monospace', fontSize: 12, marginBottom: errMsg.includes('CAPTCHA') ? 8 : 0 }}>{errMsg}</div>
-              {errMsg.includes('CAPTCHA') && (
-                <a href={archiveUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
-                  style={{ ...S.btn(C.accent), display: 'inline-block', textDecoration: 'none', fontSize: 11 }}>
-                  🌐 archive.ph nochmal öffnen
-                </a>
-              )}
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-      )}
-
       {status === 'idle' && (
         <div style={{ ...S.card }}>
           <div style={{ ...S.head, marginBottom: 10 }}>SO FUNKTIONIERT ES</div>
           {[
             ['1', 'URL des gesperrten Artikels einfügen'],
-            ['2', 'archive.ph im Browser öffnen, CAPTCHA einmalig lösen'],
-            ['3', 'Snapshot-URL aus Adressleiste kopieren und einfügen'],
-            ['4', 'PDF automatisch herunterladen'],
+            ['2', 'archive.ph öffnen, CAPTCHA einmalig lösen'],
+            ['3', 'Bestätigen dass der Artikel sichtbar ist'],
+            ['4', 'Über Drucken-Funktion als PDF speichern'],
           ].map(([num, text]) => (
             <div key={num} style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 10, alignItems: 'flex-start', marginBottom: 8 }}>
               <span style={{ background: `${C.accent}20`, border: `1px solid ${C.accent}44`, borderRadius: '50%', width: 20, height: 20, flexShrink: 0, display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center', fontSize: 10, color: C.accent, fontFamily: 'monospace', marginTop: 2 }}>{num}</span>