How to theme PDF generated by Print module?

Question

I would like to theme the PDF generated by the Print module. I would like to add header, footer, margins, border to the generated PDF.

The certificate module in Drupal provides theming to the certificate, but my site is almost like a read and get certified site, so I wish not to change print module.

I tried the form alter and other stuffs, but not sure from where the PDF can be changed.

Answer 1

Drupal 7 provides the option to alter the contents with the help of this API. This should be fairly simple, just place this hook in your template.php and add a new function from which the PDF should be rendered. Use the below code as reference.

function theme_print_pdf_tcpdf_content(&$vars) {  
  return new_function_that_prints_the_content($vars); 
}

Answer 2

You should on your creation of node call a function which will generate a pdf. Use tcpdf class for it generate pdf and download tcpdf functions./ Check also the link

 class my_pdf extends TCPDF { //Page header public function Header() { } // Page footer public function Footer() { } } 

$pdf = new my_pdf(PDF_PAGE_ORIENTATION, PDF_UNIT, PDF_PAGE_FORMAT, true, UTF-8', false);

$pdf->setPrintHeader(true);
 $pdf->setPrintFooter(true); 
$pdf->SetMargins(25.0, 40, 25.0);
$pdf->SetFooterMargin(1.5);
$pdf->SetAutoPageBreak(TRUE, 50);
$pdf->setImageScale(PDF_IMAGE_SCALE_RATIO);
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->writeHTML($html, true, false, true, false, ''); 
$pdf->lastPage();
$pdf->Output('my_document.pdf', 'D');

Answer 3

Print module comes with a print-pdf.tpl.php template as well as a print.tpl.php template (or use the one in your theme). Since this is all about styling, rather look at editing these and put them in your theme folder.

Answer 4

It's actually possible using a hook for TCPDF:

/**
 * Implements hook__print_pdf_tcpdf_alter()
 */
function MODULENAME_print_pdf_tcpdf_alter($pdf, $html, $meta) {
  $pdf->setPrintHeader(FALSE);
  $pdf->SetPrintFooter(FALSE);
}