diff --git a/khtml/khtml_printsettings.cpp b/khtml/khtml_printsettings.cpp
index 37cdb38..ab47a8e 100644
--- a/khtml/khtml_printsettings.cpp
+++ b/khtml/khtml_printsettings.cpp
@@ -106,5 +106,19 @@ bool KHTMLPrintSettings::printHeader()
 	return m_printheader->isChecked();
 }

+void KHTMLPrintSettings::setprintFriendly(bool b)
+{
+   m_printfriendly->setChecked(b);
+}
+
+void KHTMLPrintSettings::setprintImages(bool b)
+{
+   m_printimages->setChecked(b);
+}
+
+void KHTMLPrintSettings::setprintHeader(bool b)
+{
+   m_printheader->setChecked(b);
+}

 #include "khtml_printsettings.moc"
diff --git a/khtml/khtml_printsettings.h b/khtml/khtml_printsettings.h
index 0ed825e..562ace8 100644
--- a/khtml/khtml_printsettings.h
+++ b/khtml/khtml_printsettings.h
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ public:
         bool printImages();
         bool printHeader();

+        void setprintFriendly(bool);
+        void setprintImages(bool);
+        void setprintHeader(bool);
+
 private:
 	QCheckBox	*m_printfriendly;
 	QCheckBox	*m_printimages;
diff --git a/khtml/khtmlview.cpp b/khtml/khtmlview.cpp
index 1ac2339..6c9750e 100644
--- a/khtml/khtmlview.cpp
+++ b/khtml/khtmlview.cpp
@@ -3031,6 +3031,14 @@ void KHTMLView::print(bool quick)
     if(!root) return;

     QPointer<KHTMLPrintSettings> printSettings(new KHTMLPrintSettings); //XXX: doesn't save settings between prints like this
+
+    // read print settings
+    KSharedConfigPtr config = KGlobal::config();
+    KConfigGroup group(config, "KHTML Print Settings");
+    printSettings->setprintFriendly(group.readEntry("PrintFriendly", true));
+    printSettings->setprintImages(group.readEntry("PrintImages", true));
+    printSettings->setprintHeader(group.readEntry("PrintHeader", true));
+
     const QPointerDeleter settingsDeleter(printSettings); //the printdialog takes ownership of the settings widget, thus this workaround to avoid double deletion
     QPrinter printer;
     QPointer<QPrintDialog> dialog = KdePrint::createPrintDialog(&printer, KdePrint::SystemSelectsPages, QList<QWidget*>() << printSettings.data(), this);
@@ -3042,6 +3050,13 @@ void KHTMLView::print(bool quick)
         docname = KStringHandler::csqueeze(docname, 80);

     if(quick || (dialog->exec() && dialog)) { /*'this' and thus dialog might have been deleted while exec()!*/
+        // write HTML settings
+        KSharedConfigPtr config = KGlobal::config();
+        KConfigGroup group(config, "KHTML Print Settings");
+        group.writeEntry("PrintFriendly", printSettings->printFriendly());
+        group.writeEntry("PrintImages", printSettings->printImages());
+        group.writeEntry("PrintHeader", printSettings->printHeader());
+
         viewport()->setCursor( Qt::WaitCursor ); // only viewport(), no QApplication::, otherwise we get the busy cursor in kdeprint's dialogs
         // set up KPrinter
         printer.setFullPage(false);