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WeasyPrint 0.20 + GTK print
import cairo
import cairocffi
import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0')
import gtk
from weasyprint import HTML
def print_html(document):
""":param document: A :class:`~weasyprint.document.Document` object."""
def draw_page(_, print_context, page_no):
pycairo_context = print_context.get_cairo_context()
cairocffi_context = _UNSAFE_pycairo_context_to_cairocffi(pycairo_context)
# 72 dpi (default resolution in GTK Print) / 96 dpi (default in WeasyPrint)
document.pages[page_no].paint(cairocffi_context, scale=72. / 96)
operation = gtk.PrintOperation()
operation.set_n_pages(len(document.pages))
operation.connect('draw-page', draw_page)
operation.run(gtk.PRINT_OPERATION_ACTION_PREVIEW)
# http://pythonhosted.org/cairocffi/cffi_api.html#converting-pycairo-wrappers-to-cairocffi
def _UNSAFE_pycairo_context_to_cairocffi(pycairo_context):
if not isinstance(pycairo_context, cairo.Context):
raise TypeError('Expected a cairo.Context, got %r' % pycairo_context)
return cairocffi.Context._from_pointer(
cairocffi.ffi.cast('cairo_t **',
id(pycairo_context) + object.__basicsize__)[0],
incref=True)
if __name__ == '__main__':
print_html(HTML('http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/intro.html').render(
stylesheets=['http://weasyprint.org/samples/CSS21-print.css'],
enable_hinting=False))
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Requires WeasyPrint 0.15+

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Updated for WeasyPrint 0.20, including conversion of pycairo contexts to cairocffi.

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