diff --git a/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/canvas-controller.js b/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/canvas-controller.js
index f92fc9d51b..4dcaf82d09 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/canvas-controller.js
+++ b/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/canvas-controller.js
@@ -1735,6 +1735,20 @@ export default class CanvasController {
 		this.objectModel.clearSavedZoomValues();
 	}
 
+	getViewPortDimensions() {
+		if (this.canvasContents) {
+			return this.getSVGCanvasD3().getTransformedViewportDimensions();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding() {
+		if (this.canvasContents) {
+			return this.getSVGCanvasD3().getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Utility/helper methods
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-d3.js b/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-d3.js
index 894f3919e1..61532dc76a 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-d3.js
+++ b/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-d3.js
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ export default class SVGCanvasD3 {
 		return this.renderer.getTransformedViewportDimensions();
 	}
 
+	getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding() {
+		return this.renderer.getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding();
+	}
+
 	getGhostNode(nodeTemplate) {
 		return this.renderer.getGhostNode(nodeTemplate);
 	}
diff --git a/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-renderer.js b/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-renderer.js
index b67bcae1e7..98ddc9383e 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-renderer.js
+++ b/canvas_modules/common-canvas/src/common-canvas/svg-canvas-renderer.js
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ export default class SVGCanvasRenderer {
 		return this.zoomUtils.getTransformedViewportDimensions();
 	}
 
+	getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding() {
+		return this.zoomUtils.getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding();
+	}
+
 	// Returns the data object for the parent supernode that references the
 	// active pipeline (managed by this renderer). We get the supernode by
 	// looking through the overall canvas info object.
diff --git a/canvas_modules/harness/package.json b/canvas_modules/harness/package.json
index c3f09b117c..c15e8d1eca 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/harness/package.json
+++ b/canvas_modules/harness/package.json
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
     "compression": "1.7.4",
     "express": "4.17.1",
     "express-session": "1.17.1",
+    "html-to-image": "1.11.11",
     "isomorphic-fetch": "3.0.0",
     "js-file-download": "0.4.12",
+    "jspdf": "2.5.1",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "log4js": "6.4.1",
     "nconf": "0.12.0"
diff --git a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/App.js b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/App.js
index 2891194486..325e0f183d 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/App.js
+++ b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/App.js
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ import { hot } from "react-hot-loader/root";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 import { v4 as uuid4 } from "uuid";
 
+import { jsPDF } from "jspdf";
+import * as htmlToImage from "html-to-image";
+
 import { getMessages } from "../intl/intl-utils";
 import * as HarnessBundles from "../intl/locales";
 import CommandActionsBundles from "@elyra/canvas/locales/command-actions/locales";
@@ -356,6 +359,7 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 		this.disableWideFlyoutPrimaryButton = this.disableWideFlyoutPrimaryButton.bind(this);
 
 		this.clearSavedZoomValues = this.clearSavedZoomValues.bind(this);
+		this.saveToPdf = this.saveToPdf.bind(this);
 		this.getPipelineFlow = this.getPipelineFlow.bind(this);
 		this.setPipelineFlow = this.setPipelineFlow.bind(this);
 		this.addNodeTypeToPalette = this.addNodeTypeToPalette.bind(this);
@@ -1014,6 +1018,42 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 		this.canvasController2.clearSavedZoomValues();
 	}
 
+	// Saves the canvas objects into and image and then places that image into
+	// a PDF file. Creating the image takes quite a while to execute so it would
+	// probably need a progress indicator if it was implemented in an application.
+	saveToPdf() {
+		const svgAreaElements = document
+			.getElementById("d3-svg-canvas-div-0")
+			.getElementsByClassName("svg-area");
+
+		const dims = this.canvasController.getCanvasDimensionsWithPadding();
+		const heightToWidthRatio = dims.height / dims.width;
+
+		htmlToImage.toPng(svgAreaElements[0], {
+			filter: (node) => this.shouldIncludeInImage(node),
+			height: dims.height,
+			width: dims.width
+		})
+			.then(function(dataUrl) {
+				const img = document.createElement("img"); // new Image();
+				img.src = dataUrl;
+
+				const doc = new jsPDF();
+				doc.addImage(img, "PNG", 10, 10, 190, 190 * heightToWidthRatio);
+				doc.save("common-canvas.pdf");
+			})
+			.catch(function(error) {
+				console.error("An error occurred create the PNG image.", error);
+			});
+	}
+
+	// Returns true if the node passed in should be included in a saved image of the canvas.
+	// The only node that is excluded is the canvas background rectangle which has the
+	// same dimensions as the viewport which is often smaller than the canvas itself.
+	shouldIncludeInImage(node) {
+		return node?.classList ? !(node.classList.contains("d3-svg-background")) : true;
+	}
+
 	generateNodeNotificationMessages(nodeMessages, currentPipelineId) {
 		const nodeErrorMessages = [];
 		const nodeWarningMessages = [];
@@ -2634,7 +2674,8 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 			setPaletteDropdownSelect2: this.setPaletteDropdownSelect2,
 			selectedPaletteDropdownFile: this.state.selectedPaletteDropdownFile,
 			selectedPaletteDropdownFile2: this.state.selectedPaletteDropdownFile2,
-			clearSavedZoomValues: this.clearSavedZoomValues
+			clearSavedZoomValues: this.clearSavedZoomValues,
+			saveToPdf: this.saveToPdf
 		};
 
 		const sidePanelPropertiesConfig = {
diff --git a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/sidepanel/canvas/sidepanel-canvas.jsx b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/sidepanel/canvas/sidepanel-canvas.jsx
index 5fdf6398ef..90b834758f 100644
--- a/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/sidepanel/canvas/sidepanel-canvas.jsx
+++ b/canvas_modules/harness/src/client/components/sidepanel/canvas/sidepanel-canvas.jsx
@@ -570,6 +570,18 @@ export default class SidePanelForms extends React.Component {
 		</div>
 		);
 
+		var saveToPdf = (<div>
+			<div className="harness-sidepanel-spacer" />
+			<div style={pad}className="harness-sidepanel-save-to-pdf">
+				<Button size="small"
+					onClick={this.props.canvasConfig.saveToPdf}
+				>
+				Save to PDF
+				</Button>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+		);
+
 		var entrySize = { "width": "80px", "minWidth": "80px" };
 
 		var snapToGrid = (<div className="harness-sidepanel-children" id="harness-sidepanel-snap-to-grid-type">
@@ -1575,6 +1587,8 @@ export default class SidePanelForms extends React.Component {
 					{divider}
 					<div className="harness-side-panel-header">Canvas Content</div>
 					{divider}
+					{saveToPdf}
+					{divider}
 					{interactionType}
 					{divider}
 					{snapToGrid}
@@ -1657,6 +1671,7 @@ SidePanelForms.propTypes = {
 		selectedPaletteDropdownFile2: PropTypes.string,
 		setPaletteDropdownSelect: PropTypes.func,
 		setPaletteDropdownSelect2: PropTypes.func,
-		clearSavedZoomValues: PropTypes.func
+		clearSavedZoomValues: PropTypes.func,
+		saveToPdf: PropTypes.func
 	})
 };