PDF from Webpage

I have a webpage with a table on it. It's an activities calendar. The table is static but the data dynamic in that activities get added and changed etc. What I'm attmpting to do is to create a button which will create a PDF of the calendar for the user to print. I'm not sure if it's possible.
The reason I'm saying PDF is I want control over the layout. Basically it should fit on the top half of a landscape oriented sheet of paper with three columns--basically a half sheet - tri-fold calendar that folks can print,fold, and put in their pockets. I'm not sure if PDFing it is the best practice but seems to be the best way to make sure that it comes out the way I want it. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dax

You might have better luck creating a print.css for this.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/
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