# phpman > perldoc > HTML::FormatPS

## NAME
    [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) - Format HTML as PostScript

## VERSION
    version 2.12

## SYNOPSIS
        use [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown);
        $tree = [HTML::TreeBuilder](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATreeBuilder/markdown)->new->parse_file("test.html");

        use [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown);
        $formatter = [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown)->new(
            FontFamily => 'Helvetica',
            PaperSize  => 'Letter',
        );
        print $formatter->format($tree);

    Or, for short:

        use [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown);
        print [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown)->format_file(
            "test.html",
            'FontFamily' => 'Helvetica',
            'PaperSize'  => 'Letter',
        );

## DESCRIPTION
    The [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) is a formatter that outputs PostScript code. Formatting of HTML tables and
    forms is not implemented.

    [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) is built on top of [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown) and so further detail may be found in the
    documentation for [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown).

    You might specify the following parameters when constructing the formatter object (or when
    calling format_file or format_string):

    PaperSize
        What kind of paper should we format for. The value can be one of these: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5,
        Letter, Legal, Executive, Tabloid, Statement, Folio, 10x14, Quarto.

        The default is "A4".

    PaperWidth
        The width of the paper, in points. Setting PaperSize also defines this value.

    PaperHeight
        The height of the paper, in points. Setting PaperSize also defines this value.

    LeftMargin
        The left margin, in points.

    RightMargin
        The right margin, in points.

    HorizontalMargin
        Both left and right margin at the same time. The default value is 4 cm.

    TopMargin
        The top margin, in points.

    BottomMargin
        The bottom margin, in points.

    VerticalMargin
        Both top and bottom margin at the same time. The default value is 2 cm,

    PageNo
        This parameter determines if we should put page numbers on the pages. The default value is
        true; so you have to set this value to 0 in order to suppress page numbers. (The "No" in
        "PageNo" means number/numero!)

    FontFamily
        This parameter specifies which family of fonts to use for the formatting. Legal values are
        "Courier", "Helvetica" and "Times". The default is "Times".

    FontScale
        This is a scaling factor for all the font sizes. The default value is 1.

        For example, if you want everything to be almost three times as large, you could set this to
        2.7. If you wanted things just a bit smaller than normal, you could set it to .92.

    Leading
        This option (pronounced "ledding", not "leeding") controls how much is space between lines.
        This is a factor of the font size used for that line. Default is 0.1 -- so between two
        12-point lines, there will be 1.2 points of space.

    StartPage
        Assuming you have PageNo on, StartPage controls what the page number of the first page will
        be. By default, it is 1. So if you set this to 87, the first page would say "87" on it, the
        next "88", and so on.

    NoProlog
        If this option is set to a true value, [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) will make a point of *not* emitting
        the PostScript prolog before the document. By default, this is off, meaning that
        [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) *will* emit the prolog. This option is of interest only to advanced users.

    NoTrailer
        If this option is set to a true value, [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) will make a point of *not* emitting
        the PostScript trailer at the end of the document. By default, this is off, meaning that
        [HTML::FormatPS](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatPS/markdown) *will* emit the bit of PostScript that ends the document. This option is of
        interest only to advanced users.

## METHODS
  new
        my $formatter = FormatterClass->new(
            option1 => value1, option2 => value2, ...
        );

    This creates a new formatter object with the given options.

## SEE ALSO
    [HTML::Formatter](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormatter/markdown)

## ISSUES
    *   Output is in ISO Latin1 format. The underlying HTML parsers tend to now work in Unicode
        (perl native) code points. There is an impedance mismatch between these, which may give
        issues with complex characters within HTML.

## TO DO
    *   Support for some more character styles, notably including: strike-through, underlining,
        superscript, and subscript.

    *   Support for Unicode.

    *   Support for Win-1252 encoding, since that's what most people mean when they use characters
        in the range 0x80-0x9F in HTML.

    *   And, if it's ever even reasonably possible, support for tables.

    I would welcome email from people who can help me out or advise me on the above.

## INSTALLATION
    See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules.

## BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    You can make new bug reports, and view existing ones, through the web interface at
    <<http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTML-Format>>.

## AVAILABILITY
    The project homepage is <<https://metacpan.org/release/HTML-Format>>.

    The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
    (CPAN). Visit <<http://www.perl.com/CPAN/>> to find a CPAN site near you, or see
    <<https://metacpan.org/module/[HTML::Format](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3AFormat/markdown)/>>.

## AUTHORS
    *   Nigel Metheringham <<nigelm@cpan.org>>

    *   Sean M Burke <<sburke@cpan.org>>

    *   Gisle Aas <<gisle@ActiveState.com>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Nigel Metheringham, 2002-2005 Sean M Burke, 1999-2002
    Gisle Aas.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl
    5 programming language system itself.