diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/from_any.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/from_any.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4fb937cdb
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+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/from_any.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+'''
+Convert any ebook format to PDF.
+'''
+
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net ' \
+    'and Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>' \
+    'and John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
+
+import sys, os, glob, logging
+
+from calibre.ebooks.epub.from_any import any2epub, formats, USAGE
+from calibre.ebooks.epub import config as common_config
+from calibre.ptempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from calibre.ebooks.pdf.writer import oeb2pdf, config as pdf_config
+
+def config(defaults=None):
+    c = common_config(defaults=defaults, name='pdf')
+    c.remove_opt('profile')
+    pdfc = pdf_config(defaults=defaults)
+    c.update(pdfc)
+    return c 
+
+def option_parser(usage=USAGE):
+    usage = usage % ('PDF', formats())
+    parser = config().option_parser(usage=usage)
+    return parser
+
+def any2pdf(opts, path, notification=None):
+    ext = os.path.splitext(path)[1]
+    if not ext:
+        raise ValueError('Unknown file type: '+path)
+    ext = ext.lower()[1:]
+    
+    if opts.output is None:
+        opts.output = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]+'.pdf'
+    
+    opts.output = os.path.abspath(opts.output)
+    orig_output = opts.output
+    
+    with TemporaryDirectory('_any2pdf') as tdir:
+        oebdir = os.path.join(tdir, 'oeb')
+        os.mkdir(oebdir)
+        opts.output = os.path.join(tdir, 'dummy.epub')
+        opts.profile = 'None'
+        opts.dont_split_on_page_breaks = True
+        orig_bfs = opts.base_font_size2
+        opts.base_font_size2 = 0
+        any2epub(opts, path, create_epub=False, oeb_cover=True, extract_to=oebdir)
+        opts.base_font_size2 = orig_bfs
+        opf = glob.glob(os.path.join(oebdir, '*.opf'))[0]
+        opts.output = orig_output
+        logging.getLogger('html2epub').info(_('Creating PDF file from EPUB...'))
+        oeb2pdf(opts, opf)
+
+def main(args=sys.argv):
+    parser = option_parser()
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args(args)
+    if len(args) < 2:
+        parser.print_help()
+        print 'No input file specified.'
+        return 1
+    any2pdf(opts, args[1])
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d46d1fc0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+'''
+Write content to PDF.
+'''
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2009, John Schember <john@nachtimwald.com>'
+
+import os, logging, shutil, sys
+from calibre.ebooks.oeb.base import Logger, OEBBook
+from calibre.ebooks.oeb.profile import Context
+from calibre.ebooks.epub.iterator import SpineItem
+from calibre.ebooks.metadata.opf2 import OPF
+from calibre.ptempfile import PersistentTemporaryDirectory
+from calibre.customize.ui import run_plugins_on_postprocess
+from calibre.utils.config import Config, StringConfig
+
+from PyQt4 import QtCore
+from PyQt4.Qt import QUrl, QEventLoop, SIGNAL, QObject, QApplication, QPrinter, \
+    QMetaObject
+from PyQt4.Qt import *
+from PyQt4.QtWebKit import QWebView
+
+from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
+    
+class PDFWriter(QObject):
+    def __init__(self):
+        if QApplication.instance() is None:
+            QApplication([])
+        QObject.__init__(self)
+        
+        self.loop = QEventLoop()
+        self.view = QWebView()
+        self.connect(self.view, SIGNAL('loadFinished(bool)'), self._render_html)
+        self.render_queue = []
+        self.combine_queue = []
+        self.tmp_path = PersistentTemporaryDirectory('_any2pdf_parts')
+
+    def dump(self, oeb, oebpath, path):
+        self._reset()
+        
+        opf = OPF(oebpath, os.path.dirname(oebpath))
+        self.render_queue = [SpineItem(i.path) for i in opf.spine]
+        
+        self.path = path
+        
+        QMetaObject.invokeMethod(self, "_render_book", Qt.QueuedConnection)
+        self.loop.exec_()
+        
+    @QtCore.pyqtSignature('_render_book()')
+    def _render_book(self):
+        if len(self.render_queue) == 0:
+            self._write()
+        else:
+            self._render_next()
+            
+    def _render_next(self):
+        item = str(self.render_queue.pop(0))        
+        self.combine_queue.append(os.path.join(self.tmp_path, '%s.pdf' % os.path.basename(item)))
+    
+        self.view.load(QUrl(item))
+
+    def _render_html(self, ok):
+        if ok:
+            printer = QPrinter(QPrinter.HighResolution)
+            printer.setPageMargins(1, 1, 1, 1, QPrinter.Inch)
+            printer.setOutputFormat(QPrinter.PdfFormat)
+            printer.setOutputFileName(os.path.join(self.tmp_path, '%s.pdf' % os.path.basename(str(self.view.url().toLocalFile()))))
+            self.view.print_(printer)
+        self._render_book()
+
+    def _reset(self):
+        self.render_queue = []
+        self.combine_queue = []
+        self.path = ''
+        if os.path.exists(self.tmp_path):
+            shutil.rmtree(self.tmp_path, True)
+            self.tmp_path = PersistentTemporaryDirectory('_any2pdf_parts')
+
+    def _write(self):
+        print self.path
+        try:
+            outPDF = PdfFileWriter()
+            for item in self.combine_queue:
+                inputPDF = PdfFileReader(file(item, 'rb'))
+                for page in inputPDF.pages:
+                    outPDF.addPage(page)
+            outputStream = file(self.path, 'wb')
+            outPDF.write(outputStream)
+            outputStream.close()
+        finally:
+            self._reset()
+            self.loop.exit(0)
+
+
+def config(defaults=None):
+    desc = _('Options to control the conversion to PDF')
+    if defaults is None:
+        c = Config('pdf', desc)
+    else:
+        c = StringConfig(defaults, desc)
+        
+    pdf = c.add_group('PDF', _('PDF options.'))
+    
+    return c
+    
+
+def option_parser():
+    c = config()
+    parser = c.option_parser(usage='%prog '+_('[options]')+' file.opf')
+    parser.add_option(
+        '-o', '--output', default=None, 
+        help=_('Output file. Default is derived from input filename.'))
+    parser.add_option(
+        '-v', '--verbose', default=0, action='count',
+        help=_('Useful for debugging.'))
+    return parser
+
+def oeb2pdf(opts, inpath):
+    logger = Logger(logging.getLogger('oeb2pdf'))
+    logger.setup_cli_handler(opts.verbose)
+    outpath = opts.output
+    if outpath is None:
+        outpath = os.path.basename(inpath)
+        outpath = os.path.splitext(outpath)[0] + '.pdf'
+#    source = opts.source_profile
+#    if source not in Context.PROFILES:
+#        logger.error(_('Unknown source profile %r') % source)
+#        return 1
+#    dest = opts.dest_profile
+#    if dest not in Context.PROFILES:
+#        logger.error(_('Unknown destination profile %r') % dest)
+#        return 1
+
+    oeb = OEBBook(inpath, logger=logger, encoding=opts.encoding)
+    writer = PDFWriter()
+    writer.dump(oeb, inpath, outpath)
+    run_plugins_on_postprocess(outpath, 'pdf')
+    logger.info(_('Output written to ') + outpath)
+    
+def main(argv=sys.argv):
+    parser = option_parser()
+    opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        parser.print_help()
+        return 1
+    inpath = args[0]
+    retval = oeb2pdf(opts, inpath)
+    return retval
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())
+    
diff --git a/src/calibre/linux.py b/src/calibre/linux.py
index edcfa99342..81b8424199 100644
--- a/src/calibre/linux.py
+++ b/src/calibre/linux.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ entry_points = {
                              'any2epub  = calibre.ebooks.epub.from_any:main',
                              'any2lit   = calibre.ebooks.lit.from_any:main',
                              'any2mobi  = calibre.ebooks.mobi.from_any:main',
+                             'any2pdf  = calibre.ebooks.pdf.from_any:main',
                              'lrf2lrs   = calibre.ebooks.lrf.lrfparser:main',
                              'lrs2lrf   = calibre.ebooks.lrf.lrs.convert_from:main',
                              'pdfreflow = calibre.ebooks.lrf.pdf.reflow:main',
diff --git a/src/calibre/parallel.py b/src/calibre/parallel.py
index f9b4513c78..7bdb606642 100644
--- a/src/calibre/parallel.py
+++ b/src/calibre/parallel.py
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ PARALLEL_FUNCS = {
       'any2mobi'     :
         ('calibre.ebooks.mobi.from_any', 'any2mobi', {}, None),
         
+      'any2pdf'     :
+        ('calibre.ebooks.pdf.from_any', 'any2pdf', {}, None),        
+        
       'feeds2mobi'   :
         ('calibre.ebooks.mobi.from_feeds', 'main', {}, 'notification'),