diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
index d52ffafacd6..15b181fae88 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js.es6
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ const Topic = RestModel.extend({
     return this.get('url') + (user ? '?u=' + user.get('username_lower') : '');
   }.property('url'),
 
-  printUrl: function(){
-    return this.get('url') + '/print';
-  }.property('url'),
+  @computed('url')
+  printUrl(url) {
+    return url + '/print';
+  },
 
   url: function() {
     let slug = this.get('slug') || '';
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic-footer-main-buttons.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic-footer-main-buttons.js.es6
index 1dac46feb5b..9ea80990c2b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic-footer-main-buttons.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic-footer-main-buttons.js.es6
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ export default ContainerView.extend({
   @on('init')
   createButtons() {
     const mobileView = this.site.mobileView;
-    const { siteSettings } = this;
 
     const topic = this.get('topic');
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ export default ContainerView.extend({
       this.attachViewClass('invite-reply-button');
     }
 
-    if (!mobileView && siteSettings.allow_print_page) {
+    if (!mobileView && this.siteSettings.max_prints_per_hour_per_user > 0) {
       this.attachViewClass('print-button');
     }
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
index d2c66fd9451..5aa6f52843f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/topics_controller.rb
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ class TopicsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     if opts[:print]
-      raise Discourse::InvalidAccess unless SiteSetting.allow_print_page
+      raise Discourse::InvalidAccess unless SiteSetting.max_prints_per_hour_per_user > 0
       begin
-        RateLimiter.new(current_user, "print-topic-per-hour", 10, 1.hour).performed! unless current_user.admin?
+        RateLimiter.new(current_user, "print-topic-per-hour", 10, 1.hour).performed! unless @guardian.is_admin?
       rescue RateLimiter::LimitExceeded
         render_json_error(I18n.t("rate_limiter.slow_down"))
       end
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index a9bc245b305..a6812420742 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ en:
 
     topic_page_title_includes_category: "Topic page title includes the category name."
 
-    allow_print_page: "Enable a special topic page for printing"
+    max_prints_per_hour_per_user: "Maximum number of /print page impressions (set to 0 to disable)"
 
     full_name_required: "Full name is a required field of a user's profile."
     enable_names: "Show the user's full name on their profile, user card, and emails. Disable to hide full name everywhere."
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index ee36b1c02b4..8d8a67f9b3a 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -909,6 +909,9 @@ rate_limits:
     client: true
     shadowed_by_global: true
     default: 0
+  max_prints_per_hour_per_user:
+    default: 0
+    client: true
 
 developer:
   force_hostname:
@@ -1220,9 +1223,6 @@ uncategorized:
 
   topic_page_title_includes_category: true
 
-  allow_print_page:
-    default: true
-    client: true
 
 user_preferences:
   default_email_digest_frequency:
diff --git a/lib/topic_view.rb b/lib/topic_view.rb
index ec31a74562a..f87217a215a 100644
--- a/lib/topic_view.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_view.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class TopicView
     @page = 1 if (!@page || @page.zero?)
     @chunk_size = case
                     when options[:slow_platform] then TopicView.slow_chunk_size
-                    when @print then 1000
+                    when @print then TopicView.print_chunk_size
                     else TopicView.chunk_size
                   end
     @limit ||= @chunk_size