wicked_pdf renders a tiny pdf image

Question

I have added wicked_pdf to my rails app with default options following the readme file (with the deviation being that I installed wkhtmltopdf via the osx installer).

When I render my page with the .pdf?debug=true option, the page looks exactly as it should.

Then when I leave out the debug option, it produces a PDF with a tiny version of the page. Like 1/16 of the size.

I use no options or configuration. Where am I going wrong? Where should I be looking?

what exactly is your problem? Do you need bigger font size or what? — Aniket Tiwari, Oct 16 '17 at 10:13
The problem was that the page was being rendered as a 3cmx3cm mini version on the pdf — ErwinM, Oct 16 '17 at 12:41

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '17 at 12:44

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Solved it by changing the wkhtmltopdf version from 12.4 to an earlier version.

After a lot of googling others have reported a similar bug with version 12.4 on OSX.

Maybe the answer here saves someone else a few hours of googling.

answered Oct 16 '17 at 12:44

ErwinM

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What version did you use? – dcangulo Sep 04 '18 at 03:38
I had the same problem but it was only in development (on OSX) and was fine when pushed to production on Heroku, so I just lived with it.... – mb52089 Sep 05 '18 at 16:29
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12.4 has font issues, I downgraded to 0.12.3.1 and it "fixed" my all problems. – Hassan Siddique Jul 15 '19 at 12:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '19 at 08:50

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It worked for me by changing the version to

gem 'wkhtmltopdf-binary', '~> 0.12.3.1'

reference here

answered Sep 13 '19 at 08:50

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wicked_pdf renders a tiny pdf image

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