Print & PDF Material Generation

Create professionally formatted, accessible PDF documents for student handouts, teacher guides, and print distribution.

When to Use

• Create student handouts

• Generate teacher guides

• Format workbooks

• Print-ready materials

• Accessible PDF documents

Required Inputs

• Content: What to include in PDF

• Format: Handout, guide, workbook, assessment

• Layout: Letter, A4, custom

• Accessibility: WCAG compliance level

Workflow

1. Format Student Handout

Design Specifications

• Page Size: Letter (8.5" × 11")
• Margins: 1" all sides
• Font: Sans-serif, 12pt body, 18pt+ headings
• Line Spacing: 1.5
• Color: High contrast (black text on white)
• Headers/Footers: Title, page numbers

2. Format Teacher Guide

Teacher Guide Format

• Two-column layout
  • Left: Student view
  • Right: Teacher notes
• Answer keys highlighted
• Teaching tips in callout boxes
• Time allocations noted
• Material lists included

3. Ensure Accessibility

✅ Tagged PDF structure ✅ Heading hierarchy (H1, H2, H3) ✅ Alt text for images ✅ Correct reading order ✅ Form field labels ✅ Table headers ✅ List structures ✅ Bookmarks for navigation

4. CLI Interface

Student handout

/curriculum.package-pdf --type "handout" --content "lesson1.md" --output "lesson1-handout.pdf"

Teacher guide

/curriculum.package-pdf --type "teacher-guide" --lessons "lessons/*.md" --answers "answer-keys.md"

Workbook

/curriculum.package-pdf --type "workbook" --unit "Unit 1" --accessible

Help

/curriculum.package-pdf --help

Exit Codes

• 0: PDF created successfully

• 1: Invalid PDF type

• 2: Cannot load content

• 3: PDF generation failed