Re: [SLUG] howto convert html to pdf?

[Michael Lake <Mike.Lake@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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

Well it depends on how well formed the HTML is. If its crap it could be hard to 
create neat, good looking PDF. Here are possibilities:

1. If its got few tags and is very neat maybe use sed/bash scripting to convert it to
latex and run pdflatex on it. This is easily scriptable to do several hundred files.

2. Script Open Office. OpenOffice can take in HTML and produce PDF.

Mike
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