See Apache PDFBox for PDF manipulation tools; for example, overlay.
— Peter West p...@pbw.id.au `“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?”` > On 20 Mar 2025, at 11:27 AM, Mark Iams-McGuire <m...@flairtones.com> wrote: > > Ugh! Stuck at 72dpi due to WebKit? > > I'm starting to think this will need to be a two step process for now by > merging a PDF file that has my logo with a GNC invoice formatted to have > blank space for the logo. Does anyone have suggestions on how I could > automate it into a single step operation? > > I'm really appreciating everyone's help! > > On 3/19/2025 5:54 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> Unfortunately GnuCash’s report-printing facility (and invoices are a flavor >> of report) is provided by WebKit, and WebKit thinks it’s printing an HTML >> page at screen resolution. This is particularly severe on Windows where >> we’re forced to use a very old version of WebKit from before HiDPI graphics >> were widely available. >> >> You might try exporting the invoice and opening the file with a different >> browser to see if that gets you a higher DPI. You might also try printing to >> PDF as PDFs are commonly at higher resolution than web pages. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Mar 19, 2025, at 10:51, Mark Iams-McGuire <m...@flairtones.com> wrote: >>> >>> GNC appears to be controlling the invoice header size based on pixels. My >>> invoice logo image should come out to about 5" wide. At 300dpi its 1495px. >>> To get the image to be 5" wide in the GNC invoice output, I had to reduce >>> it to 513px which becomes an unacceptable 72dpi image. I think I used the >>> "fancy" style sheet template to create my new renamed style sheet. I have >>> played around with all of the included style sheets with the same results. >>> This is why I want to find and adjust the come html code for GNC invoice >>> output. BTW - I'm using GNC version 5.10 >>> >>> >>> On 3/18/2025 7:37 PM, Jediator wrote: >>>> If all you need is to adjust the logo image size/pixel resolution, you may >>>> want to use an image editor to adjust the size before you load it to the >>>> build-in style sheet editor. Which style sheet did you use in your >>>> invoice report? >>>> >>>> -- ND >>>> >>>> On 3/18/25 7:39 PM, Mark Iams-McGuire wrote: >>>>> Thanks ND, >>>>> Modifying the style sheet is my first desired approach. So far I have not >>>>> been able to find the right CSS file and/or html file to modify. GNC >>>>> seems to have file scattered everywhere. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3/18/2025 2:36 PM, Jediator wrote: >>>>>> Although LaTex is quite powerful, but not without steep learning curve. >>>>>> An easy way would be to modify or create your own CSS style sheet in GNC >>>>>> and generate the report in HTML before you print... >>>>>> >>>>>> -- ND >>>>>> >>>>>> On 3/18/25 3:20 PM, Mark Iams-McGuire wrote: >>>>>>> I'm not familiar with LaTex but I may need to check it out since you're >>>>>>> the second person to mention it. I don't expect a lot of fancy graphics >>>>>>> from Gnucash, but it seems like throwing a simple not pixelated graphic >>>>>>> should be simple enough. The rest of the program works fine. I'm >>>>>>> looking for simplicity while still looking professional. Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3/18/2025 7:35 AM, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote: >>>>>>>> On 3/18/2025 9:11 AM, Robert Heller wrote: >>>>>>>>> This probably does not help you much, but what I did was abandon >>>>>>>>> using GnuCash >>>>>>>>> to generate *printed/printable PDF* invoices directly. Instead, I >>>>>>>>> wrote a >>>>>>>>> simple Python script to extract the invoice information and generate >>>>>>>>> a LaTeX >>>>>>>>> source file and then used LaTeX to create PDFs that I could send to my >>>>>>>>> customers. >>>>>>>> That is how to do it. If you want "pretty printed" output, have >>>>>>>> gnucash "print" to a file, and then use a full powered compositing >>>>>>>> program to modify that output to your heart's content. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Think about it for a moment. Why should an accounting program include >>>>>>>> all the capabilities of something like LaTex? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Michael D Novack >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>> ----- >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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