Java script pdf printing

Easier to just add javascript to the pdf to print when rendered. This is what Google Docs does. This way either the browser loads and prints it, or the adobe plugin. Yeah I'm having the issue on all browsers where the print method is undefined. Is this method outdated? Are there any other solutions? This no longer works. Chrome latest version, PDF on same domain. Show 6 more comments. Here is a function to print a PDF from an iframe. I give my thanks to you, as you help me solved a big problem: without setTimeout , print function will fail sometimes.

No idea why and hope somebody will find it out. The print method does have callback support, but it wasn't widely supported yet when you wrote this answer in It is now, though; the latest versions of all major desktop browsers support onafterprint.

I'm a little concerned that reusing an iframe may introduce race conditions where somebody clicks on two buttons quickly and ends up printing the second PDF twice because the iframe URL had already been swapped out before the first print dialog appeared. Chrome blocks the. Doesn't work unfortunately as of — John White. Caveman 1, 11 11 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges.

Tried this today using jQuery get to get the bytes of the pdf from server, then creating the blob and 'createOvjectURL' as above. PrintJS does not show the print dialog in this case. Just tried demo page.

It prints in Firefox — ArtixZ. This answer no longer works in Firefox currently v25 stackoverflow. Then in the javascript window, type this: this. Auto-printing PDF! This helped me, but it should be noted that according to documentation this could also be achieved through using the printParams object, which might come in handy because I read somewhere else that print method ignores all other arguments if printParams is passed I needed it for NumCopies parameter — alh The Chrome PDF plugin does not bring up the print dialog if you use the printParams object but it does with the javascript shown in this answer.

Either works if Acrobat is doing PDF display. Using adobe reader Timo Tijhof 9, 6 6 gold badges 31 31 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. RandomGuy87 RandomGuy87 79 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. For people reading this: the correct function name is "Print " with a capital P. In this example the correct call would be examplePDF. Print — Erwin. With content disposition set to "inline", this makes it so that when the user clicks on the print link: It opens up Adobe Reader in the same tab and loads the file It immediately shows the print dialog As soon as the Print dialog is closed whether they hit "OK" or "cancel" , the browser tab goes back to the webpage I was able to do all these changes in Ruby easily enough using only the File and IO modules; I opened the PDF I had generated with an external tool, followed the xref to the existing Catalog section, then appended a new section onto the PDF with an updated Catalog object containing my special OpenAction line, and also the new Action objects.

DSimon DSimon 3, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges. Thank you for your post, that led me into the right direction. It works perfectly! Why not use the Actions menu option to set this? Peter O. If you are using the prawn gem for Ruby on Rails to generate your PDF, you can use the following additional gem to active the print dialog: prawn-print.

Justin Tanner Justin Tanner Yasin Bikmazer Yasin Bikmazer 44 5 5 bronze badges. Sparky Did you test this code? I get an error that says "Object doesn't support this property of method".

Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Stack Gives Back Safety in numbers: crowdsourcing data on nefarious IP addresses. Hi everyone, I have a question. I have the script, that sorting pages depending size and i need to write a script to print pages - on different printers, depending on the page size for example: A1, A2 etc.

May be somebody met this problem? Look into the print method of the Document object and especially into the various properties of the PrintParams object. Thank you so much, I'll try it!! Hi there. How can I bring up a modal window in Acrobat?

I want that after sorting by page size, a modal window appears with a print request, if agreed, it should call the printer and plotter, depending on the size of the sheet. Somebody can advice me? It shows all classes and methods available. Specifically, app. I'm junior in Adobe, therefore have many problem, but i'm trying. Thank you. You need it though. Here is a link to an old API Reference, but not much has changed lately Inside the acp array are objects of width and height pages.

I usually use ES6, it will be problem in Adobe? Also, you have to define the firstPage and lastPage parameters in the PrintParams object. If you don't, it will print the entire file by default. I understand, thank you. But i need to print all the pages from the document, only they must be sorted. My code is sorting, i sent only a part of the code that will distribute the sorted pages to the printer and plotter. I'll change the const on var, but basically my code is working correctly?

I don't think your code is correct, as what you're doing in it doesn't make sense, but if you're happy with the result that's fine. Yes, I want to make automatically process, after sort the pages i'll get modal window - print or not, when the user click - Yes - automatically print pages on plotter and printer depending sizes