PDF generation of existing PSP pages

We have a web application that uses psp or mod_plsql to build dynamic web pages. We're wanting take this a step further and turn these pages into a pdf report or even an html file as a start which could then be converted to pdf with other tools.
Has anybody successfully done this and could offer some guidance?
Thanks

What are you using to generate the PDF? There are many options out there.
If you are using cfdocument then check the ColdFusion documentation for it here (notice the section about Supported CSS styles about half-way down) http://http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec2 2c24-7c21.html
From that page:
The cfdocument tag can render HTML that supports the following standards:
HTML 4.01
XML 1.0
DOM Level 1 and 2
CSS1 and CSS2 (For more information, see the “Supported CSS styles” section).
The cfdocument tag does not support the Internet Explorer-specific HTML generated by Microsoft Word.
If you are using some other product, then check it's documentation for limitations.

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