📄 HTML to PDF Generator (Ultimate Edition)

A professional tool that converts local HTML files into optimized PDFs, solving lazy-loading issues and greatly reducing final file size.

HTML to PDF Generator is a desktop Python tool using Playwright (Chromium) to ensure perfect CSS/JS rendering and applies PyMuPDF post-processing to optimize images without losing visual quality.

✨ Main Features (v5)

• Local Temporary Server: Prevents browser CORS issues with local files by serving resources and fonts correctly.
• Auto-Scroll for Lazy-Loading: Injects a script that scrolls the page to force lazy-loaded images to load before capture.
• Hybrid Compression Engine: Chooses PNG for images with transparency and JPEG for opaque images using configurable quality.
• Metadata Cleanup: Removes EXIF and PDF metadata (Author, Creation Date, Software) for privacy and smaller files.
• Smart Multi-language Naming: Detects -en or _en suffixes to name PDFs accordingly (e.g. CV_David_Pinto_ENG.pdf).

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⚙️ Requirements & Installation

The script includes a robust auto-installer that downloads required Python packages and installs Chromium for Playwright on first run.

Requirements:

• Python 3.8 or newer.

Dependencies (installed automatically):

• playwright (rendering)
• pymupdf / fitz (PDF processing)
• pillow (image processing)

Run:

python 5_HTML-2-PDF-Python.py

Note: first run may take a couple of minutes while Playwright downloads Chromium.

Quick Usage

• Add HTML files using the ➕ button.
• Set JPEG quality (recommended ~75%).
• Optionally remove metadata for privacy.
• Choose output folder and press Generate.

Changelog Overview

• v0: Initial Playwright + server and auto-scroll.
• v1: Optimized scaling for very large images.
• v2: Privacy mode (no metadata).
• v3-v4: Hybrid PNG/JPEG engine improvements.
• v5: Smart renaming and removal of trailing blank pages.