Comments on: HTML to PDF, why so hard? http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/ reticula, electronica, & oddities Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:34:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sanjay http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32170 Sanjay Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:35:03 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-32170 I've tried new one PDFCreator it's opensource and rendering is 100% output to pdf it just create new driver on print dialog box and have to print through pdfcreator. Mostly main thing is that it support for all application wheater it is IE Mozilla firefox word exel blah blah blah doesnot matter it just render you the perfect pdf file But they are very slow in rendering painfully slow http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ I’ve tried new one
PDFCreator it’s opensource and rendering is 100% output to pdf
it just create new driver on print dialog box and have to print through pdfcreator.
Mostly main thing is that it support for all application wheater it is IE Mozilla firefox word exel blah blah blah doesnot matter it just render you the perfect pdf file
But they are very slow in rendering painfully slow

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

]]> By: Plyd http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-16386 Plyd Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:44:53 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-16386 There is a firefox3 extension that outputs a pdf from an url with command line. That's a way to use Gecko rendering engine. Example: firefox -print http://en.wikipedia.org/ -printmode pdf -printfile wiki-en.pdf I tried, it works very fine. Please also note that it needs an X server. Extension: http://torisugari.googlepages.com/commandlineprint2 There is a firefox3 extension that outputs a pdf from an url with command line. That’s a way to use Gecko rendering engine.

Example:
firefox -print http://en.wikipedia.org/ -printmode pdf -printfile wiki-en.pdf

I tried, it works very fine.
Please also note that it needs an X server.

Extension:
http://torisugari.googlepages.com/commandlineprint2

]]> By: brion http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-11159 brion Sat, 24 May 2008 23:19:31 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-11159 Cooooooool, have to check that out! Cooooooool, have to check that out!

]]> By: Antialize http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-10855 Antialize Wed, 14 May 2008 17:38:37 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-10855 I have have made a simple program using qt and webkit to convert HTML documents to pdf: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ I have have made a simple program using qt and webkit to convert HTML documents to pdf:

http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/

]]> By: Waldir http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-10655 Waldir Wed, 07 May 2008 18:11:59 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-10655 Whiteknight just <a href="http://wikibooks.blogspot.com/2008/05/wikimedia2pdf-tool.html" rel="nofollow">posted</a> about <a href="http://blogpaper.com/mediawiki2pdf" rel="nofollow">mediawiki2pdf</a> (looks like it only works for wikibooks for now) Whiteknight just posted about mediawiki2pdf (looks like it only works for wikibooks for now)

]]> By: Ze'ev http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-10169 Ze'ev Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:09:33 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-10169 Did you try pisa (http://www.htmltopdf.org/). It is a Python module for HTML/CSS to PDF conversion. Did you try pisa (http://www.htmltopdf.org/). It is a Python module for HTML/CSS to PDF conversion.

]]> By: Ryan Lane http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-9555 Ryan Lane Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:04:02 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-9555 I'd love to see a good solution for this. I'm stuck using HTMLDoc right now, and it is fairly painful due to the lack of CSS support. I'll be watching with anticipation ;). I’d love to see a good solution for this. I’m stuck using HTMLDoc right now, and it is fairly painful due to the lack of CSS support.

I’ll be watching with anticipation ;) .

]]> By: Kelson http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-9552 Kelson Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:12:11 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-9552 Wow... I seem to have a doppelganger. Wow… I seem to have a doppelganger.

]]> By: Hashar http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-9451 Hashar Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:20:55 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-9451 Ideally, you would want to generate an XML document of the wikitext. The XML could then be converted to PDF, openoffice or XHTML. Have fun with XSL-FO ;o) Ideally, you would want to generate an XML document of the wikitext. The XML could then be converted to PDF, openoffice or XHTML.

Have fun with XSL-FO ;o)

]]> By: Thomas Bleher http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-9445 Thomas Bleher Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:01:08 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/27/html-to-pdf-why-so-hard/#comment-9445 I agree that the Collection extension seems very hard to maintain in the long run. As to PDF generators, there's also html2fpdf (http://html2fpdf.sourceforge.net/), but I haven't really tried it yet. I agree that the Collection extension seems very hard to maintain in the long run.

As to PDF generators, there’s also html2fpdf (http://html2fpdf.sourceforge.net/), but I haven’t really tried it yet.

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