https://www.converterer.com/blog/ Engineering notes, product updates, and file-conversion write-ups from the Converterer team. en https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every mainstream way to turn HTML into PDF, tested with the same two documents: 9 renderers across PHP, Python, Node, and headless Chromium. Real results. https://www.converterer.com/blog/libreoffice-headless/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/libreoffice-headless/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Convert DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, CSV, and HTML from the command line with LibreOffice: verified filters, CSV options, batch timings, and the concurrency trap. https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf-node/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf-node/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Puppeteer against our test invoice and chart report, the Ubuntu sandbox error you'll hit on a real server, and what jsPDF is actually for. https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf-python/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf-python/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT We rendered the same invoice and chart report through WeasyPrint 69 and xhtml2pdf 0.2.17. WeasyPrint surprised us. Real output, real timings, downloadable PDFs. https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf-php/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/html-to-pdf-php/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT One invoice rendered through dompdf, mpdf, TCPDF, and headless Chromium: real output, real timings, working fixes, and when each option is the right call. https://www.converterer.com/blog/wkhtmltopdf-deprecated/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/wkhtmltopdf-deprecated/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The wkhtmltopdf repo is archived yet distros still ship it. What it renders in 2026 (tested), why staying is a risk, and a flag-by-flag migration map. https://www.converterer.com/blog/july-2026-api-update/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/july-2026-api-update/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Convert from a URL, HMAC-signed webhooks managed via the API, metadata passthrough, richer payloads, and animated GIF/WebP to every video format. https://www.converterer.com/blog/paperplane-to-converterer/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/paperplane-to-converterer/ Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why the HTML-to-PDF service you knew as Paperplane is now Converterer, what's the same, what's expanded, and how the rebrand affects existing API users. https://www.converterer.com/blog/print-css-basics/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/print-css-basics/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT A practical walk through @media print, page-break properties, the @page rule, and the small set of CSS you need for clean printable pages and PDFs in 2026. https://www.converterer.com/blog/modern-html-to-pdf-conversion/ https://www.converterer.com/blog/modern-html-to-pdf-conversion/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT What changed in HTML-to-PDF between 2019 and 2026: headless Chrome, Playwright vs Puppeteer, serverless rendering, paged.js, and when to use an API.