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[nolly]

OK, after further poking at the problem, here's what I need:

-- data is coming from a DB, is of variable length, and will contain images of varying size
-- output should a single file (not a tarball/zip of html + images)
-- the resulting file should be easily printable from the typical in-school computer
-- either the generating program needs to insert page breaks in reasonable places or the result needs to be editable with common software. So I need to either group bits of content such that there won't be a pagebreak in the middle unless the clump is more than a page, or I need to be able to tell how full the page is
-- preferably a module that will work with Perl 5.005_03

Here's what I've looked at so far:
PDF: pagination is difficult, if not impossible, and PDF::API2 requires 5.6, though some of the other PDF modules may work, if the pagination thing can be resolved.
Word: can't find a module to write Word. Word will handle HTML, but images remain separate files when done that way.
RTF: doesn't handle image
HTML: images are separate files.

Other formats? Modules to investigate?

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Re: good luck...

[nolly.livejournal.com]

We'd still have to convert to PDF, I think, but I'll have to look into that. (The output must be printable by a typical school administrator or teacher.) And I know PS -> PDF converters are out there.