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Asked: 2026-06-17T15:04:43+00:00

I’m having a form that once submitted, the PHP generates a PDF file and

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I’m having a form that once submitted, the PHP generates a PDF file and sends it to the client. Everything works fine so far. What I’m having trouble with is that I need to trigger window.print() on the window containing the received pdf. Is there a way to make the printing wizard appear for the received pdf file?

Here is the code I have

//The #options is a form that once submitted is sends the requested PDF to the browser
$('#options').on('submit', function(e){

    if($(this).find('[name="action"]').val() == 'print')
    {
        var url = $(this).attr('action') || document.URL;
        e.preventDefault();
        $.post(url, $(this).serializeArray(),function(pdf){
            // Open the printing wizard for the requested document
        });
    }
    else
    {
        // The PDF is displayed normally
        return true;
    }

});

I’m not even sure if what I want to do is possible. Is is possible for example to open the PDF in a new tab and call window.print() there?

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  1. Editorial Team

    One easy approach for this is to put the PDF file in a new iFrame.
    Then you can print the complete content inside the iframe using window.print(); function.

    <html>
<head>
<title>Print Test Page</title>
<script>
function printPDF() {
    window.frames["print_frame"].window.focus();
    window.frames["print_frame"].window.print();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
Some content here
<iframe name=print_frame width=0 height=0 frameborder=0 src=about:blank>
  Your PDF is loaded here
</iframe>
Some more content here
</body>
</html>

    Now call window.print(); function when you want to print your pdf.

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