History: wkhtmltopdf

            ^ Since ((Tiki18)), ((mPDF)) is the recommended PDF generator ^

For many years, wkhtmltopdf was the best available option. mPDF is vastly superior. wkhtmltopdf remains an optional available to Tiki, and thus, the information below is kept.
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! wkhtmltopdf
__wkhtmltopdf__ is an open source (LGPLv3) command line tool (Simple shell utility) to render(convert) HTML into  ((PDF)) using the QT Webkit rendering engine. It runs entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service. There is also a C library.
Source: http://wkhtmltopdf.org

There are two options ([https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/commit/6c82eef4cb42ceb8eb6eedcbd1e46a3c9dd138ff|wkhtmltopdf 0.13 aims to simplify this])
* standard: fewer features, requires X (and if your GNU/Linux OS is virtualized, it perhaps won't work)
* patched QT: more features, doesn't require X (headless)

!! OpenHub
{HTML()}<script type='text/javascript' src='https://www.openhub.net/p/wkhtmltopdf/widgets/project_factoids_stats?format=js'></script>{HTML}

!! Configure
To configure with Tiki, go to ''General'' » ''General Settings'' admin panel (tiki-admin.php?page=general&cookietab=2) and set "PDF from URL" to "WebKit (wkhtmltopdf)". Then in the "WebKit path" insert for example this full path to the executable file: -+/var/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf-amd64+- (on a Linux 64-bit system, the path can be different depending on the installation).

{CODE(caption="To know what “WebKit path” to provide")}which wkhtmltopdf
{CODE}

{CODE(caption="which will report something like:")}/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf
{CODE}


!! Installation for various operating systems
* http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html
!! Issues
* There might be problems for incorporating images or external content to the pdf file. Please see the wkhtmltopdf documentation.
* If you are having issues with password protected pages, trying activating ((Token Access))

{include page="PDF related pages"}

-=Aliases=-
(alias(wkhtml2pdf))
(alias(wkhtmltoimage))