Here is solution for Bootstrap3: Use .col-xs-n always. The reason is wkhtmltopdf didnt support css in @media block. In bootstrap3, only col-xs-n rule outside @media block. I’ve checked the bootstrap2.3.2 css, seems spanN rules always be inside @media block. So an ugly solution would be copied out all spanN rules into top level to another … Read more
I solved it with these three css rules: thead { display: table-header-group; } tfoot { display: table-row-group; } tr { page-break-inside: avoid; }
The problem is with wkhtmltopdf itself, specifically, any version after 0.9.9. wkhtmltopdf hangs when run directly from the command-line. Steps to correct: brew uninstall wkhtmltopdf cd /usr/local/Library/Formula/ git checkout 6e2d550 /usr/local/Library/Formula/wkhtmltopdf.rb brew install wkhtmltopdf Then verify the correct version is installed wkhtmltopdf –version which should yield wkhtmltopdf 0.9.9 Citations: https://github.com/mileszs/wicked_pdf/issues/110 http://wearepandr.com/blog/article/homebrew-and-installing-old-package-versions#blog_nav
You could also use Pechkin .NET Wrapper for WkHtmlToPdf DLL, library that uses Webkit engine to convert HTML pages to PDF. Nuget packages: Pechkin.Synchronized Pechkin
Try adding the following line in the HTML head element of the footer: <meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=UTF-8″>
When I had the black squares issue I was able to solve it without installing X11 by installing the urw-fonts package.
Since it is a Google Web font you need not to write @font-face in you style sheet just use following link tag in your source code: <link href=”http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Jolly+Lodger” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css”> and <style type = “text/css”> p { font-family: ‘Jolly Lodger’, cursive; } </style> will work. By the way, in your code you are defining @font-face … Read more
wkhtmltopdf v 0.11.0 rc2 What ended up working: wkhtmltopdf –margin-top 0 –margin-bottom 0 –margin-left 0 –margin-right 0 <url> <output> shortens to wkhtmltopdf -T 0 -B 0 -L 0 -R 0 <url> <output> Using html from stdin (Note dash) echo “<h1>Testing Some Html</h2>” | wkhtmltopdf -T 0 -B 0 -L 0 -R 0 – <output> Using … Read more
This straightforward solution (no need to install xvfb, neither compiling QT neither wkhtmltopdf) works like a charm on my Debian Jessie server : cd mytmpfolder wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.4/wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz sudo tar xvf wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz sudo mv wkhtmltox/bin/wkhtmlto* /usr/bin/ #create simple html test file echo “<html><body>test</body></html>” >> test.html #perform conversion sudo wkhtmltopdf –disable-smart-shrinking –lowquality –enable-external-links –enable-internal-links test.html test.pdf