Use Headless Chrome to Convert Html to Pdf
TL/DR
Simple example
chrome.exe --headless --print-to-pdf-no-header --print-to-pdf="C:\Output\MyPdf.pdf" "file:///C:/temp/MyHtml.html"
Example with more parameters
This example has more (and quite useful) parameters
chrome.exe --headless --disable-gpu --run-all-compositor-stages-before-draw --print-to-pdf-no-header --print-to-pdf="C:\Output\MyPdf.pdf" --no-margins "file:///C:/temp/MyHtml.html"
More realistic (battle tested) example
Here's an actual script I used for converting hundreds of html files into pdf.
$fileNum = 0;
$numFiles = (dir *.html | measure | % Count);
#$cromyCromy = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe";
$cromyCromy = "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\Chrome.exe";
dir . *.html | #select -first 100 |
% {
$fileNum += 1;
$ff = $_.Name;
$full_ff = "file:///" + ($_.FullName -replace '\\', '/');
$pdf_name = ($_.FullName -replace ".html", ".pdf");
$commandTime = (measure-command {
$argyArgy = "--headless --disable-gpu --run-all-compositor-stages-before-draw --print-to-pdf-no-header --print-to-pdf=""$pdf_name"" --no-margins ""$full_ff""";
$x = (Start-Process -FilePath $cromyCromy -ArgumentList $argyArgy -Passthru -wait);
write-host "$($x.Id)`t`t" -f red -n;
sleep 1;
});
Write-host "$fileNum / $numFiles`t" -f darkgray -n;
Write-Host "`t$($commandTime.TotalMilliseconds.ToString().PadLeft(10))ms" -n;
Write-Host "`t$ff" -f white;
}
This worked nicely.