Print-Layouts erstellen mit PrintCSS / CSS Paged Media aus HTML/XML und CSS

Typesetting automation with PrintCSS

Create PDF documents from structured content - design with the help of PrintCSS.

PrintCSS

The PrintCSS approach

XML/HTML + CSS = PDF

Our PDF solutions are based on the CSS Paged Media approach (popularly called "PrintCSS"). Structured contents such as XML or semi-structured contents from HTML content serves as the basis for the conversion. For the definition of design and layout, we use CSS (Cascading Stylesheets) as we know them from website familiar from website programming. The CSS Paged Media Standard extends CSS with instructions that are specific to print layouts, e.g. the type area, multiple columns, left/right pages, recurring text in the header or footer text in the header or footer, etc. The advantage of our approach is that existing content can be reused directly. The creation of print layouts can be easily learned with basic knowledge of CSS.

On our portal print-css.rocks you can find more about the CSS Paged Media approach.

Commercial Tools

Free Tools

Usecases

When can I uses PrintCSS?

The CSS Paged Media approach can be used for different types of publications - both for traditional text-heavy documents but also for layout-oriented documents of medium complexity.

Technical documentation
Technical documentation
Journals and Papers
Standards, norms
Flyer, brochures, web-to-print
etc.

Services

Our services

Consultation

We advise you on your PDF project from start to finish
Our advice is manufacturer-neutral
Analysis of the layout requirements and selection of the appropriate tool
Individual training and hands-on training

Implementation

Creation of templates and layout templates according to your project specifications
Integration of the PDF workflow into your IT and system landscape

Solutions

Our publishing solutions

Publishing solutions

We realise customised publishing solutions that are precisely tailored to the needs of our customers.
With the help of our modular system Produce & Publish we can realise the exactly the right solution for every problem.
Our components come from both the open-source area and the commercial component sector. We have the exact solution for every problem and every budget.

Web/XML Content-Management

We have been implementing web CMS solutions since 2002 - mostly based on the CMS Plone.
For the realisation of professional publishing solutions, we provide our tool XML Director as free software. XML Director realises the connection to any XML database, cloud storage etc. and has interfaces to conversion services such as C-REX.