Comment by egnehots

The main issue is conflating templating and pdf generation.

Using html to pdf solutions allow to do the templating in html, where it is pretty much a solved issue.

And as many said, headless chrome is a robust html to pdf solution, even though it feel like a hack.

But, yeah, there seems to be a lack of awareness about these options within corporations. So, kudos to you for addressing a genuine problem!