I need to build a system that captures information, stores it in a database then produces printed hard-copy paperwork forms for the user. The first two bits are finished and working. I'm a bit unsure how to proceed with the print-outs and I was after some advice. The current 'manual' system requires the user to print out blank PDFs based on a formatted template that contains colour and image logos.The user would then tick boxes and physically write lines of text (eg. order numbers that are now stored in the DB) on the print-out. I would like the new system to be able to take the information stored in the database and be able to construct the document to send to the printer. This would be easy if it was just lines of plain text, however I'm unsure how to proceed with the logo image and colour formatting.
Would sending to an Excel template, retrieving and adding the appropriate text and printing from there be feasible? Or is there an easy way of constructing some ...
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