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Home Forums How to print report in pdf? – MindStick
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Anubhav Sharma
Anubhav Sharma 12 May 2026
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In ASP.NET Core MVC, the most common way to print/export reports as PDF is using a PDF library like:

  • Rotativa.AspNetCore (Easy for Razor Views)
  • DinkToPdf (Production-grade)
  • QuestPDF (Best for complex reports)
  • iText7 (Advanced enterprise)

For MVC Razor report printing, I recommend DinkToPdf.

Step 1: Install Package

dotnet add package DinkToPdf

Download wkhtmltopdf native library from
wkhtmltopdf official site

Put DLL in:

wwwroot/lib/

Step 2: Register Service

Program.cs

using DinkToPdf;
using DinkToPdf.Contracts;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddSingleton(typeof(IConverter),
    new SynchronizedConverter(new PdfTools()));

builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();

var app = builder.Build();

app.Run();

Step 3: Create PDF Service

PdfService.cs

using DinkToPdf;
using DinkToPdf.Contracts;

public class PdfService
{
    private readonly IConverter _converter;

    public PdfService(IConverter converter)
    {
        _converter = converter;
    }

    public byte[] GeneratePdf(string html)
    {
        var doc = new HtmlToPdfDocument()
        {
            GlobalSettings = {
                PaperSize = PaperKind.A4,
                Orientation = Orientation.Portrait
            },
            Objects = {
                new ObjectSettings()
                {
                    HtmlContent = html
                }
            }
        };

        return _converter.Convert(doc);
    }
}

Step 4: Register Service

Program.cs

builder.Services.AddScoped<PdfService>();

Step 5: Controller Action

ReportController.cs

public class ReportController : Controller
{
    private readonly PdfService _pdfService;

    public ReportController(PdfService pdfService)
    {
        _pdfService = pdfService;
    }

    public IActionResult Print()
    {
        var html = @"
        <h1>Employee Report</h1>
        <table border='1' width='100%'>
            <tr>
                <th>ID</th>
                <th>Name</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>1</td>
                <td>John</td>
            </tr>
        </table>";

        var pdf = _pdfService.GeneratePdf(html);

        return File(pdf, "application/pdf", "Report.pdf");
    }
}

Step 6: Print Button

View

<a href="/Report/Print" target="_blank"
   class="btn btn-primary">
   Print PDF
</a>

If Using Razor View as Report

Render View → Convert HTML → Generate PDF

Example:

return new ViewAsPdf("Report", model);

(If using Rotativa)

Official docs:
Rotativa.AspNetCore GitHub

Best Choice

For your production MVC Core app:

  • Simple report → Rotativa
  • Professional HTML report → DinkToPdf
  • Complex enterprise invoices → QuestPDF
Samuel Fernandes
Samuel Fernandes 17 Sep 2017
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There are many method to do this.. I am telling you one of it 

First install rotativa and include assembly

Samuel Fernandes

then use it as shown in code




using Rotativa; 
public ActionResult PrintAllReport()
  {
   var
report = new ActionAsPdf("Index");
   return report;
  }

I hope this will helps you

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