Few month ago i've started to use (along with doPDF) that tiny free virtual printer.
I saw that has few things that are "printed" more friendly than the first one. But it has also it's limits, depending on what you need to print.
For example, some pictures that will be in the final pdf, if will be imported in Illustrator or Corel Draw, there will be not one image. It will be breaked apart in more tiny pictures grouped as one object. In CorelDraw the option that allows to transform everything in bitmap can save that thing but in Illustrator it is not a reasonable way to import that.
Leaving that little problems away, maybe in the future there will be some free virtual pdf printers which will solve that printing problems, it is more stable than doPDF in some cases.
Until now i can say that working with both of them helped a lot than using just one.
Being free and not complex programs they can help us in a lot of office work if we need to preview some documents before printing.
That's THE BIG HELP with virtual printers. They let us see the way it will be printed our documents, before we waste lot's of paper and ink.
It has more options than it's "mate" and that can be set as default options. Very helpful with daily jobs.
You can see them in the picture above.
Note: 5/5
Licence: FREE for commercial and non-commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
It is AdSupported - but you have the option to not install that other stuff so it is your chioce.
Compatible: Windows All
Need instalation: YES
Additional software to run: GPL Ghostscript (here is v. 9.01)
Size: 3.6 MB normal
DOWNLOADS:
CutePDF Writer
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A virtual printer? I don't understand how that would work, unless your referring to making PDF's. Is that in case you don't have a Word-equivalent program?
ReplyDeletei know it's a bit late but never is too late...
ReplyDeleteVirtual printer is working like a real printer. Meaning you are not printing on real paper, just saving as a file. In this case as a pdf. There are other ways to print files but this is the common and for quick way to preview a document before print, to be sure is ok, or just to archive in electronic format.
There are a lot of times when you want to save a page from web let's say, or other soft, without other options than print.
Well, then you are saved by the virtual printer.
Anyway, a lot of virtual printers are in the market, and nowadays i think they are good for common use.
This one i used a lot of time and it was ok for normal use. For advertising and proofing and final printing is not always safe. It messes up fonts and paragraph formatting.
For a few weeks i test a new virtual printer. PDF Creator. I will test it a little time and maybe, if i will use it for dtp and final works i will make a review. Of course based on my interaction with it.
What's the question about word equivalent program? Huh, virtual printer is other category than office programs. As i said above it is saving files, not editing them.
Hope you will still see this,
best wishes!