Free HTML to PDF utility

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•Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by merlyn (Sage) on Jun 13, 2003 at 19:58 UTC
With the right sub-gadgets installed, Image Magick (and therefore Perl Magick) can convert from anything to anything, including HTML to another image format, such as PDF. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re: •Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by ehdonhon (Curate) on Aug 15, 2003 at 00:50 UTC
I had to solve this same problem in the past. I tried using Perl Magick to solve it, but the results were horrible. The problem is that Image Magick converts the text to a graphic format and then the graphic to the pdf. The result is that you get a very large pdf with low resolution. :(	[reply]
Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by perrin (Chancellor) on Jun 13, 2003 at 20:08 UTC
Print to a file. That gives you postscript. Then convert it with ps2pdf from the ghostscript distribution, which you can run on cygwin. No, it isn't very simple to set up. If you want simple, pay Adobe or try Open Office.	[reply]
Re: Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by howdy (Initiate) on Jun 13, 2003 at 20:31 UTC
I miss-worded my question, I was hoping to do the conversion on the fly with some sort of a function to print to the browser. Thanks	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by perrin (Chancellor) on Jun 13, 2003 at 21:01 UTC
Okay, then check out the modules on CPAN.	[reply]
Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by aplonis (Pilgrim) on Jun 14, 2003 at 06:31 UTC
Google around for two scripts, html2ps and ps2pdf which you might like to try. I have used the second. But instead of the first I usually just print-to-file in Mozilla, with the output as *.ps. Then I run ps2pdf on on that. I do it on NetBSD Unix. But I suppose there had ought be Windoze versions... They are free, at least.	[reply]
Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by freddo411 (Chaplain) on Jun 14, 2003 at 00:22 UTC
I would recommend products from the company PDFlib.com. While the cost is not cheap, they have fantastic support, are very knowledgable about using their lib with Perl, and will support dynamic server-side creation of PDFs from a template PDF. There are PDF modules on CPAN, but none that work as easily as the above. Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with pdflib.com. Good Luck. ------------------------------------- Nothing is too wonderful to be true -- Michael Faraday	[reply]
Re: Free HTML to PDF utility by Popcorn Dave (Abbot) on Jun 13, 2003 at 19:58 UTC
Yes there is. Sort of... Check out this link at Adobe. It does what you want, and you can use LWP::Simple to write some simple code to save your HTML file to disc. Alternatively you can have them e-mail you the file. However I haven't tried it with a file with loads of graphics, so it may or may not do that for you. ~~Hope that helps!~~ There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling now. Update: Sorry, misread the question. Didn't notice you wanted to go HTML to PDF.	[reply]


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