Accurate print layouts with CF

Hi there,
I'm looking for any input on doing "accurate" printing via
PDF's from CF. By accurate I mean I would want to position objects
(text mainly, possibly lines) on a page with relative precision.
(16th of an inch?) I'm not looking for Pixel or Point accuracy but
I would like to be able to custom design a badge, or formatted
series of items that would then print onto pre-designed and
perforated stock.
I haven't seen much in CF's native PDF implementation that
leads me to believe this is easily done outside of using CSS and
HTML however past experience with these techniques has proven the
results to be unpredictable at best across different browsers /
platforms.
I also found iText, the Open Source Java PDF library and I
know this could be instanced from CF easily. i just thought I would
inquire if anyone else has experience on a similar project.
Thanks.
Steve

As there are no other postings, I am closing the thread.
Thank you for understanding.

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