--- a/toolkit/components/printing/tests/browser.ini
+++ b/toolkit/components/printing/tests/browser.ini
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 [browser_page_change_print_original.js]
 support-files =
   file_page_change_print_original_1.html
   file_page_change_print_original_2.html
 skip-if = os == "mac"
 
+[browser_preview_print_simplify_non_article.js]
+support-files =
+    simplifyNonArticleSample.html
+skip-if = os == "mac"
+
 [browser_preview_switch_print_selected.js]
 support-files =
     simplifyArticleSample.html
 skip-if = os == "mac"
\ No newline at end of file

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/printing/tests/browser_preview_print_simplify_non_article.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ * Verify if we recover from parsing errors of Reader Mode when
+ * Simplify Page checkbox is checked.
+ */
+
+const TEST_PATH = getRootDirectory(gTestPath)
+                    .replace("chrome://mochitests/content", "http://example.com");
+
+add_task(async function set_simplify_and_reader_pref() {
+  // Ensure we have the simplify page preference set
+  await SpecialPowers.pushPrefEnv({
+    set: [
+      ["print.use_simplify_page", true],
+      ["reader.parse-on-load.enabled", true]
+    ]
+  });
+});
+
+add_task(async function switch_print_preview_browsers() {
+  let url = TEST_PATH + "simplifyNonArticleSample.html";
+
+  // Can only do something if we have a print preview UI:
+  if (AppConstants.platform != "win" && AppConstants.platform != "linux") {
+    ok(false, "Can't test if there's no print preview.");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Ensure we get a browserStopped for this browser
+  let tab = await BrowserTestUtils.openNewForegroundTab(gBrowser, url, false, true);
+
+  // Trick browser to think loaded tab has isArticle property set as true
+  tab.linkedBrowser.isArticle = true;
+
+  // Enter print preview
+  let defaultPPBrowser = PrintPreviewListener.getPrintPreviewBrowser();
+  let defaultPPEntered = BrowserTestUtils
+                          .waitForMessage(defaultPPBrowser.messageManager,
+                                          "Printing:Preview:Entered");
+  document.getElementById("cmd_printPreview").doCommand();
+  await defaultPPEntered;
+
+  // Assert that we are showing the initial content on default print preview browser
+  await ContentTask.spawn(defaultPPBrowser, null, async function() {
+    is(content.document.title, "Non article title", "Should have initial content.");
+  });
+
+  // Here we call simplified mode
+  let simplifiedPPBrowser = PrintPreviewListener.getSimplifiedPrintPreviewBrowser();
+  let simplifiedPPEntered = BrowserTestUtils
+                              .waitForMessage(simplifiedPPBrowser.messageManager,
+                                              "Printing:Preview:Entered");
+  let printPreviewToolbar = document.getElementById("print-preview-toolbar");
+
+  // Wait for simplify page option enablement
+  await BrowserTestUtils.waitForCondition(() => {
+    return !printPreviewToolbar.mSimplifyPageCheckbox.disabled;
+  });
+
+  printPreviewToolbar.mSimplifyPageCheckbox.click();
+  await simplifiedPPEntered;
+
+  // Assert that simplify page option is checked
+  is(printPreviewToolbar.mSimplifyPageCheckbox.checked, true,
+     "Should have simplify page option checked");
+
+  // Assert that we are showing recovery content on simplified print preview browser
+  await ContentTask.spawn(simplifiedPPBrowser, null, async function() {
+    is(content.document.title, "Failed to load article from page", "Should have recovery content.");
+  });
+
+  // Assert that we are selecting simplified print preview browser, and not default one
+  is(gBrowser.selectedTab.linkedBrowser, simplifiedPPBrowser,
+     "Should have simplified print preview browser selected");
+  isnot(gBrowser.selectedTab.linkedBrowser, defaultPPBrowser,
+        "Should not have default print preview browser selected");
+
+  PrintUtils.exitPrintPreview();
+
+  await BrowserTestUtils.removeTab(tab);
+});

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/components/printing/tests/simplifyNonArticleSample.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Non article title</title>
+<meta name="description" content="This is the non-article description." />
+</head>
+<body>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file

--- a/toolkit/content/browser-content.js
+++ b/toolkit/content/browser-content.js
@@ -647,25 +647,22 @@ var Printing = {
         QueryInterface: XPCOMUtils.generateQI([
           Ci.nsIWebProgressListener,
           Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference,
           Ci.nsIObserver,
         ]),
       };
 
       // Here we QI the docShell into a nsIWebProgress passing our web progress listener in.
-      let webProgress =  docShell.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
-                                 .getInterface(Ci.nsIWebProgress);
+      let webProgress = docShell.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor)
+                                .getInterface(Ci.nsIWebProgress);
       webProgress.addProgressListener(webProgressListener, Ci.nsIWebProgress.NOTIFY_STATE_REQUEST);
 
       content.document.head.innerHTML = "";
 
-      // Set title of document
-      content.document.title = article.title;
-
       // Set base URI of document. Print preview code will read this value to
       // populate the URL field in print settings so that it doesn't show
       // "about:blank" as its URI.
       let headBaseElement = content.document.createElement("base");
       headBaseElement.setAttribute("href", URL);
       content.document.head.appendChild(headBaseElement);
 
       // Create link element referencing aboutReader.css and append it to head
@@ -684,57 +681,78 @@ var Printing = {
 
       content.document.body.innerHTML = "";
 
       // Create container div (main element) and append it to body
       let containerElement = content.document.createElement("div");
       containerElement.setAttribute("id", "container");
       content.document.body.appendChild(containerElement);
 
-      // Create header div and append it to container
-      let headerElement = content.document.createElement("div");
-      headerElement.setAttribute("id", "reader-header");
-      headerElement.setAttribute("class", "header");
-      containerElement.appendChild(headerElement);
+      // Reader Mode might return null if there's a failure when parsing the document.
+      // We'll render the error message for the Simplify Page document when that happens.
+      if (article) {
+        // Set title of document
+        content.document.title = article.title;
+
+        // Create header div and append it to container
+        let headerElement = content.document.createElement("div");
+        headerElement.setAttribute("id", "reader-header");
+        headerElement.setAttribute("class", "header");
+        containerElement.appendChild(headerElement);
 
-      // Jam the article's title and byline into header div
-      let titleElement = content.document.createElement("h1");
-      titleElement.setAttribute("id", "reader-title");
-      titleElement.textContent = article.title;
-      headerElement.appendChild(titleElement);
+        // Jam the article's title and byline into header div
+        let titleElement = content.document.createElement("h1");
+        titleElement.setAttribute("id", "reader-title");
+        titleElement.textContent = article.title;
+        headerElement.appendChild(titleElement);
 
-      let bylineElement = content.document.createElement("div");
-      bylineElement.setAttribute("id", "reader-credits");
-      bylineElement.setAttribute("class", "credits");
-      bylineElement.textContent = article.byline;
-      headerElement.appendChild(bylineElement);
+        let bylineElement = content.document.createElement("div");
+        bylineElement.setAttribute("id", "reader-credits");
+        bylineElement.setAttribute("class", "credits");
+        bylineElement.textContent = article.byline;
+        headerElement.appendChild(bylineElement);
 
-      // Display header element
-      headerElement.style.display = "block";
+        // Display header element
+        headerElement.style.display = "block";
 
-      // Create content div and append it to container
-      let contentElement = content.document.createElement("div");
-      contentElement.setAttribute("class", "content");
-      containerElement.appendChild(contentElement);
+        // Create content div and append it to container
+        let contentElement = content.document.createElement("div");
+        contentElement.setAttribute("class", "content");
+        containerElement.appendChild(contentElement);
 
-      // Jam the article's content into content div
-      let readerContent = content.document.createElement("div");
-      readerContent.setAttribute("id", "moz-reader-content");
-      contentElement.appendChild(readerContent);
+        // Jam the article's content into content div
+        let readerContent = content.document.createElement("div");
+        readerContent.setAttribute("id", "moz-reader-content");
+        contentElement.appendChild(readerContent);
+
+        let articleUri = Services.io.newURI(article.url);
+        let parserUtils = Cc["@mozilla.org/parserutils;1"].getService(Ci.nsIParserUtils);
+        let contentFragment = parserUtils.parseFragment(article.content,
+          Ci.nsIParserUtils.SanitizerDropForms | Ci.nsIParserUtils.SanitizerAllowStyle,
+          false, articleUri, readerContent);
+
+        readerContent.appendChild(contentFragment);
 
-      let articleUri = Services.io.newURI(article.url);
-      let parserUtils = Cc["@mozilla.org/parserutils;1"].getService(Ci.nsIParserUtils);
-      let contentFragment = parserUtils.parseFragment(article.content,
-        Ci.nsIParserUtils.SanitizerDropForms | Ci.nsIParserUtils.SanitizerAllowStyle,
-        false, articleUri, readerContent);
+        // Display reader content element
+        readerContent.style.display = "block";
+      } else {
+        let aboutReaderStrings = Services.strings.createBundle("chrome://global/locale/aboutReader.properties");
+        let errorMessage = aboutReaderStrings.GetStringFromName("aboutReader.loadError");
+
+        content.document.title = errorMessage;
 
-      readerContent.appendChild(contentFragment);
+        // Create reader message div and append it to body
+        let readerMessageElement = content.document.createElement("div");
+        readerMessageElement.setAttribute("class", "reader-message");
+        readerMessageElement.textContent = errorMessage;
+        containerElement.appendChild(readerMessageElement);
 
-      // Display reader content element
-      readerContent.style.display = "block";
+        // Display reader message element
+        readerMessageElement.style.display = "block";
+      }
     });
   },
 
   enterPrintPreview(contentWindow, simplifiedMode, changingBrowsers, defaultPrinterName) {
     try {
       let printSettings = this.getPrintSettings(defaultPrinterName);
 
       // If we happen to be on simplified mode, we need to set docURL in order