On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 05:42:59PM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > I (well my boss actually) want to convert several hundred html pages to > pdf - what's the easiest way to do this? Any pointers, ideas? > > I guess I'm looking for a tool like pdf2html (but going in the reverse > direction). > > I've found a php module called html2pdf [1] - just wondering if there's > a stand alone tool callable from the shell. > > [1] http://directory.fsf.org/print/misc/html2pdf.html >
I've used mozilla2ps before to do this, then hooked it into ps2pdf for the final output. html2ps doesn't really cut it, with the output looking a bit wishy-washy if you're doing anything complicated (tables, divs, etc). If you're looking for good quality output it's the only choice, however be prepared to wait around a bit for it to generate the pages (it starts up the entire gecko engine before loading the page, then it prints it) You'll need xulrunner underneath, and the moz2ps website[0] explains how to set up everything. The syntax of xulrunner/moz2ps is a bit finicky, but if you follow the configuration docs to the letter you should be ok. Good luck! Lindsay [0] http://michele.pupazzo.org/mozilla2ps/ -- http://slug.org.au/ (Sydney Linux Users Group) http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ (linux.conf.au 2007) http://holmwood.id.au/~lindsay/ (me) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
