I know how to open a webpage in a new window and add javascript so the print dialog pops up. Is there a way to do a similar thing with a PDF file?
10 Answers
Yes you can...
PDFs have Javascript support. I needed to have auto print capabilities when a PHP-generated PDF was created and I was able to use FPDF to get it to work:
Another solution:
<input type="button" value="Print" onclick="document.getElementById('PDFtoPrint').focus(); document.getElementById('PDFtoPrint').contentWindow.print();">
if you embed the pdf in your webpage and reference the object id, you should be able to do it.
eg. in your HTML:
<object ID="examplePDF" type="application/pdf" data="example.pdf" width="500" height="500">
in your javascript:
<script>
var pdf = document.getElementById("examplePDF");
pdf.print();
</script>
I hope that helps.
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