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PDF Catalog for Magento 2 User Guide

• Table of Content
• Extension Installation Guide
• Configuration
• Product List View Display Settings
• Product Grid View Display Settings
• Product Attribute Inclusion
• PDF Catalog in Frontend
• Printing PDF Catalog from Backend

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• Extension Installation
• For Magento Marketplace Customers
• Create a folder structure in Magento root as
  app/code/Meetanshi/PrintCatalog
• Download and extract the zip folder and upload
  our extension files to the app/code/Meetanshi/Pri
  ntCatalog via FTP.
• Login to your SSH and run below commands step by
  step
• composer require mpdf/mpdf
• php bin/magento setupupgrade
• For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy
• For Magento version 2.2.x above - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy f
• php bin/magento cacheflush
• For Meetanshi Customers
• Extract the zip folder and upload our extension
  to the root of your Magento 2 directory via FTP.
• Login to your SSH and run below commands step by
  step
• composer require mpdf/mpdf
• php bin/magento setupupgrade
• For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy
• For Magento version 2.2.x above - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy f
• php bin/magento cacheflush

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• Configuration
• For configuring the extension, login to Magento
  2, move to Stores ? Configuration ? PDF Catalog
  where you can find various settings to enable the
  extension.
• PDF Catalog Enable the PDF Catalog extension
  from here.
• Cover Page Background Upload PDF cover page
  image.
• Text Color Set the color of the PDF text.
• Product Attributes in PDF Add product attributes
  to show details along with the products in PDF.
  If you dont add product attributes here, the PDF
  catalog will be printed blank.
• Footer Text Set text to show in the PDF footer.
• Display Date in Header Select YES to display the
  date in PDF header.
• Date Display Format Set the format of the date
  display in PDF.
• Allowed Customer Groups Select customer groups
  to allow printing PDF catalog from the category
  page.
• Arrange Product Sorting in PDF by Select the
  sort option for the product arrangement in the
  PDF catalog.
• o Position Products will be arranged in PDF by
  their position in category page. Make sure you
  have set positions of the products in categories
  from Catalog gt Categories gt Select
• Category gt Open Products in Category and set
  product Position.

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• Product Name Product will be arranged in PDF in
  alphabetical order of their names.
• Price Product will be arranged in PDF by their
  prices.
• Order Products in PDF by Select order by option
  for the products in PDF catalog.

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• Product List View Display Settings
• The extension allows both the users and the admin
  to print the catalog in two views. Make settings
  for the list view display of products in the PDF
  catalog.
• Border Color Set border color for the list view
  box.
• Box Height Set the height of the list view box.
• Product Title Color Set the color of the product
  title display in the PDF catalog.
• Product Attribute Label Color Set the color of
  the product attribute label display in the PDF
  catalog.
• Product Attribute Value Color Set the color of
  the product attribute value display in the PDF
  catalog.
• Description Display Character Limit Set the
  character limit display for the product
  description in PDF. Make sure you have added
  Description product attribute under Product
  Attributes in PDF to make this setting work.
• Display Read More Link Set YES to display read
  more link for the product description. Make sure
  you have added Description product attribute
  under Product Attributes in PDF to make this
  setting work.
• Enable QR Codes Set YES to enable QR codes for
  the products in the PDF catalog.

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• Product Grid View Display Settings
• Make settings for the grid view display of
  products in the PDF catalog.
• Enable Grid Border Select YES to enable the
  border for the grid box in PDF.
• Border Color Set border color for the grid view
  box.
• Per Page Products Select the number of the
  products to be displayed per page in PDF.
• Product Title Color Set the color of the product
  title display in the PDF catalog.
• Product Attribute Label Color Set the color of
  the product attribute label display in the PDF
  catalog.
• Product Attribute Value Color Set the color of
  the product attribute value display in the PDF
  catalog.
• Description Display Character Limit Set the
  character limit display for the product
  description in PDF. Make sure you have added
  Description product attribute under Product
  Attributes in PDF to make this setting work.
• Display Read More Link Set YES to display read
  more link for the product description. Make sure
  you have added Description product attribute
  under Product Attributes in PDF to make this
  setting work.
• Enable QR Codes Set YES to enable QR codes for
  the products in the PDF catalog.

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5. Product Attribute Inclusion The extension only
allows adding product attributes in the PDF
catalog if its enabled for the extension. To
enable product attributes to allow adding in the
PDF catalog, go to Stores ? Attributes ? Product
? Click on one of the product attributes ?
Attribute Information ? Properties ? Advanced
Attribute Properties and select Yes to Allow
Inclusion in PDF Catalog. Only product
attributes with the option YES to Allow
Inclusion in PDF Catalog will be shown in the
configuration section.
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6. PDF Catalog in Frontend Once the required
configurations are done, customers can see the
Print Catalog button on the category page.
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• Print Catalog Options
• On the click of the Print Catalog button from
  the category page, customers get additional
  options to be selected prior to catalog PDF
  printing.
• Print PDF Catalog Layout View Select one of the
  catalog layout view options.
• Product Categories/Sub Categories Headings Tick
  the checkbox to print the category/subcategory
  name in PDF header.
• Title/Cover Page Tick the checkbox to print the
  cover page in PDF.
• Table of Contents with Page Numbers Tick the
  checkbox to print table of contents with page
  numbers in PDF catalog.

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• PDF Catalog Grid View

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• PDF Catalog List View

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7. Printing PDF Catalog from Backend Apart from
the frontend, the admin can also print a PDF
catalog from the Catalog ? Manage Categories
section in the backend. The admin gets the same
download options for the PDF layout and other
options prior to downloading the PDF catalog.
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