Tim, Thanks for the tip.
I've been using PDFCreator for my Windows boxes for years and am usually pretty happy with it, but I'll give doPDF a shot. I work in a mixed environment with an Xubuntu desktop and a Windows laptop and I don't like having to keep track of all the printer links for both OSes, so I use PDFs from Windows to print from Linux. At home, I use PDFs from my Windows VM so I don't need to connect it directly to a printer (or have it steal my printer when I run the VM). It's an extra step, but I also get permanent copies of the PDFs for future reference. MR On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Tim---Kracked_P_P---webmaster <[email protected]> wrote: > > For Windows, I do not remember anything about Nitro PDF Writer. I have on > Windows [and Linux] a PDF writer as my default printing "device". For > Windows, I use doPDF. I have used it for years now. > > The only advantage, if any, for external PDF writers, may be in their > specific options that may be different than what LibreOffice has in their > "export to PDF" options. > > It use to be an issue that LO's PDF filter did not embed properly all of the > "specialty fonts" I tend to use. As far as I have been told, this should no > longer be an issue, though I have not fully checked this. I do know that > the resulting "export to PDF" file size is different than what is created by > my Ubuntu's system CUPS-PDF "printer" [and Windows doPDF]. The difference > can be 10% to 40% larger or smaller, depending on what options are used and > what fonts are embedded into the document. > > For most of my LibreOffice work, I use the export to PDF option. It is just > easier. But I do know that for Windows 7 and 10, doPDF works just fine with > LibreOffice. So maybe you might want to look into trying that package > instead of Nitro. > > I just looked. . . Nitro PDF seems to be a paid package, after the 14 day > trial. "doPDF" is free to use and not any trial. I cannot afford to pay > for my software packages. "doPDF" seems to me as the best free PDF printer > for Windows 7. Plus, as I stated before, it works with LibreOffice on > Windows 7 and 10. Since your "Nitro" package seems not to work, try this > free option, if you do not want to use LibreOffice's PDF exporting > capabilities. > > > > > On 11/03/2015 12:34 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote: >> >> LibreOffice does not need a PDF printer, so this is not a bug. You can >> produce a better PDF using the integrated feature, which has been >> available for ages. >> >> On 03/11/2015 18:26, Vermas Chandigarh wrote: >>> >>> Have said this earlier also – the software does not work with nitro pdf >>> writer 8 and beyod. The office software just hangs. >>> Sorry but this bug is not taken care of by you guys > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
