From 255a3e94fa3313912a3070c00e0708db1f331281 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AarDG10 <aarol.dsouza@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:31:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(print_utils): fix pdf rendering via chrome by considering
 bytes

Issue has been caught w/ chrome pdf generator, it returns bytes. This fixes that by considering bytes and then turning it into a PdfWriter obj.
---
 frappe/utils/print_utils.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frappe/utils/print_utils.py b/frappe/utils/print_utils.py
index 9c25aac38f..cfa91330da 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/print_utils.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/print_utils.py
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ def get_print(
 			)
 			# if hook returns a value, assume it was the correct pdf_generator and return it
 			if pdf:
+				if output and isinstance(pdf, bytes):
+					from io import BytesIO
+
+					from pypdf import PdfReader
+
+					reader = PdfReader(BytesIO(pdf))
+					for page in reader.pages:
+						output.add_page(page)
+					return output
 				return pdf
 
 	for hook in frappe.get_hooks("on_print_pdf"):