Tool
PrinceXML
Commercial HTML/CSS-to-PDF engine with book-grade typesetting
About
It’s quick and simple to convert HTML to PDF with Prince. HTML is seamlessly transformed into documents you can print, download and archive.
Prince enables you to typeset, format and print HTML content so you can be your own publisher.
"I came to Prince after finding it well recommended on the web, and I've found it very flexible and powerful for producing custom PDFs matching a tightly-specified graphic design. Thanks for providing such a great tool."
"With Prince I whipped up a sample XML file and CSS print stylesheet in a few minutes. With the other workflow it took me hours to just get my head around getting started."
Features
- Documentation
- Headers and footers
- Page numbers, duplex printing
- Tables, lists, columns, floats
- Footnotes, cross-references
- HTML, Markdown, XML, SVG
- Pricing
- Paid
- Pricing detail
- Server/desktop licenses; trial watermark
- Platforms
- CLI / Server
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