Entity Print
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Entity Print
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Entity Print allows you to print any Drupal entity (Drupal 7 and 8) or View (Drupal 8 only) to PDF.
The module is lightweight compared to other modules like the Print module, has full test coverage and is ready to be used in production for both D7 and D8.
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Drupal 7 Quick Start
- Ensure wkhtmltopdf is installed.
- Visit the URL:
example.com/entityprint/[entity_type]/[entity_id](for example,/entityprint/node/1) - Set the appropriate permissions to allow various roles to access the printed entity
More in depth docs for Drupal 7
Drupal 8 Quick Start
- Ensure you have composer installed and are using the drupal.org packagist.
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer composer config repositories.drupal composer https://packages.drupal.org/8 - Run
composer require "drupal/entity_print 2.x"in the site docroot
For entities:
- Position the "View PDF" field on "Manage Display" to place a link to the PDF version of the entity.
- Visit an entity with the field enabled and click the "View PDF" link
- Set the appropriate permissions to allow various roles to access the printed entity
For views:
- Add the "Global: Print" plugin to the header or footer of the view
- Set the appropriate permissions to allow various roles to access the printed view
More in depth docs for Drupal 8
Drupal 8-x-2.x (Recommended branch)
The 2.x branch in Drupal 8 has generic support for PDF, EPub, Word documents and more. It is currently under active development. We welcome testers and issue reports. More information on PDF engine support.
