is there a best practice to create e new custom e.g. invoice PDF?
I need a separate custom PDF with my own layout and tables.
And here is my problem: I had never created a PDF in Magento before so there are many questions where and how to start with this.
The only thing I have is a new module with models and a collection.
Do I need phtml files for my template or does it belong into a model with Zend_Pdf?
I encourage anyone looking to customize their PDF printouts to check out the Comwrap_Pdf module. It takes a different approach to rendering PDFs in that they are created using regular HTML and CSS (in a Magento phtml template), then a PDF is created from that HTML using the MPDF library.
Building PDFs this way is much simpler than having to worry about re-flows, wrapping text, and coordinate-based rendering like Zend_PDF.
We implemented FireGento_Pdf. It helps a lot to implement your own Engine to make the pdf as you want it. Have a look on it:
