printing pdf from browser via javascript

Question

I have a product that opens up html documents in a new tab on the browser and then sends a simple javascript command to print the document.

We are looking to move away from this approach, and would like to generate pdf's that then automatically print out.

So this question is simply part of a scoping exercise, and apologies if I am asking in the wrong place.

So,

1) Is it possible to embed some basic Javascript into a pdf template that we have automatically filled in, so that when the document is displayed in a browser, it automatically sends the print command to the browser?

And if so

2) Is it possible for us to attach (merge?) 2 or 3 product sheets to this generated template, so that with one print command I can print out the completed template and any required product sheets rather than having to open X tabs, one for the template and one for each product sheet that is required.

Thanks

try67 · Answer

1) You can embed a simple script in your PDF file that tells the application that opens it to send it to the printer, yes. Whether or not it will work depends on the application or plugin used to open the PDF. The code to use is simply:

this.print();

2) If you can control how the PDF file is built then you can merge the documents on your end, embed the code I provided above in the merged file and then send it to the user, sure.

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