Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

HTML::FormatPS

The HTML::FormatPS module converts an HTML parse tree into PostScript. The formatter object is created with the new constructor, which can take parameters that assign PostScript attributes. For example:

$formatter = HTML::FormatPS->new('papersize' => 'Letter');

You can now give parsed HTML to the formatter and produce PostScript output for printing. HTML::FormatPS does not handle table or form elements at this time.

The method for this class is format. format takes a reference to an HTML TreeBuilder object, representing a parsed HTML document. It returns a scalar containing the document formatted in PostScript. The following example shows how to use this module to print a file in PostScript:

use HTML::FormatPS;

$html = HTML::TreeBuilder->parse_file(somefile);
$formatter = HTML::FormatPS->new(  );
print $formatter->format($html);

The following list describes the attributes that can be set in the constructor:

PaperSize

Possible values are 3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Tabloid, Statement, Folio, 10x14, and Quarto. The default is A4.

PaperWidth

Width of the paper in points.

PaperHeight

Height of the paper in points.

LeftMargin

Left margin in points.

RightMargin

Right margin in points.

HorizontalMargin

Left and right margin. Default is 4 cm.

TopMargin

Top margin in points.

BottomMargin

Bottom margin in points.

VerticalMargin

Top and bottom margin. Default is 2 cm.

PageNo

Boolean value to display page numbers. Default is 0 (off).

FontFamily

Font family to use on the page. Possible ...