books/main/saveHtmlAsPdf.ts

import { App, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
import fs from 'fs/promises';
import path from 'path';

export async function saveHtmlAsPdf(
  html: string,
  savePath: string,
  app: App,
  width: number, // centimeters
  height: number // centimeters
): Promise<boolean> {
  /**
   * Store received html as a file in a tempdir,
   * this will be loaded into the print view
   */
  const tempRoot = app.getPath('temp');
  const filename = path.parse(savePath).name;
  const htmlPath = path.join(tempRoot, `${filename}.html`);
  await fs.writeFile(htmlPath, html, { encoding: 'utf-8' });

  const printWindow = await getInitializedPrintWindow(htmlPath, width, height);
  const printOptions = {
    margins: { top: 0, bottom: 0, left: 0, right: 0 }, // equivalent to previous 'marginType: 1'
    pageSize: {
      height: height / 2.54, // Convert from centimeters to inches
      width: width / 2.54, // Convert from centimeters to inches
    },
    printBackground: true,
  };

  const data = await printWindow.webContents.printToPDF(printOptions);
  await fs.writeFile(savePath, data);
  printWindow.close();
  await fs.unlink(htmlPath);
  return true;
}

async function getInitializedPrintWindow(
  printFilePath: string,
  width: number,
  height: number
) {
  const printWindow = new BrowserWindow({
    width: Math.floor(width * 28.333333), // pixels
    height: Math.floor(height * 28.333333), // pixels
    show: false,
  });

  await printWindow.loadFile(printFilePath);
  return printWindow;
}