Re:Show HN: ReLaXed – High-quality PDFs using web technologies
by vorpalhex on Monday April 30, 2018 @10:46PM
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Pandoc ultimately either has to move the html through another markup format such as laTeX or uses a plugin that attempts to convert html4 to pdf code.
This uses a full browser rendering engine that supports modern html5/css3/js by ultimately running a headless browser.
I suspect pandoc is still a great approach for a lot of cases. Running a headless browser isn't cheap, especially at scale. If your output is a simple book or an invoice, pandoc is probably the way to go. If you want to pdf websites or dump an html file with charts into a pdf, use this.
This uses a full browser rendering engine that supports modern html5/css3/js by ultimately running a headless browser.
I suspect pandoc is still a great approach for a lot of cases. Running a headless browser isn't cheap, especially at scale. If your output is a simple book or an invoice, pandoc is probably the way to go. If you want to pdf websites or dump an html file with charts into a pdf, use this.