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Asked: 2026-05-26T01:36:14+00:00

I’m getting ready to build an application server that handles PDF printing and archiving.

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I’m getting ready to build an application server that handles PDF printing and archiving.

Currently options are:

  1. Move my existing infrastructure over (webkit printer + file merge scripts, etc) Pro: All open source or custom written. Con: inefficient memory usage. Not quite as stable as we would like.

  2. Move to an enterprise system (Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator ES2.) Very Expensive. ($20k-$40k)

Q: Is there a pdf printing system that you use, that works well without being as expensive as LiveCycle? There doesn’t seem to be a decent ‘small business’ solution.

Will be running on a linux box. This will also need to take html, images, and pdf’s as inputs — have already looked at a lot of the open source ones, but I’m looking for something a little more reliable.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You might want to check out iText.

    EDIT: Not sure that my second recomendation will work on your platform, but I’m leaving it just in case.

    I’ve had great success with the products from Aspose. I do a lot of automated generation and printing of documents in MS Word format wtih their tools. As part of one of my processes I also generate PDF’s and the rendering has been flawless. While my implementation has been tied in with their Word product I know they have stand-alone PDF products.

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