getaaron/csv-to-pdf-mail-envelope

CSV to PDF Mailing Envelope Converter

CSV to PDF Mailing Envelope Converter

This program is converts a input CSV file of mailing addresses and generates a single PDF file with one page per address.

Example CSV input

Response,Mailing Line 1,Mailing Line 2,City,State,Zip Code
John Smith,123 Main St,APT 10,New York City,NY,10001
Test Name,Test Line 1,Test Line 2,City Name,ST,12345

Example PDF output

Installation

1. Download & install wkhtmltopdf. See https://wkhtmltopdf.org/ for directions.
2. Run npm install inside this folder to install node dependencies

Usage

npm run convert input.csv output.pdf

Configuration

• To edit paper size & CSV column fields, modify index.js
• To update design of the page, edit style.css file

Printing tips

• Ensure printer drivers are installed on computer from factory
• Ensure printer has set correct paper size
• Selected the same paper size on the printing preferences

Troubleshooting

• To debug HTML/CSS formatting issues, open tmp/output.html in a web browser
• To debug wkhtmltopdf run program directly on tmp/output.html to see full output