> On 11/15/2007 02:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> On 11/15/2007 09:27 AM, Frank Cox wrote: >>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:15:42 -0500 James Knott >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Or perhaps a PDF... no wait, Microsoft Office doesn't do that! >>>> >>>> Is there an equivalent to CUPS-PDF that can run on Windows? >>>> >>>> For anyone who doesn't know, CUPS-PDF is a "special" printer driver >>>> that allows you to direct your printer output to a printer named >>>> "cups-pdf" which turns it into a PDF file. That way, you can >>>> directly get a PDF file out of any program that's capable of printing >>>> to a printer. >>>> >>> >>> PDFCreator: >>> >>> I highly recommend it for Windows. >> >> I would like to point out that you should use OOo's PDF export when >> appropriate rather than PDFCreator. OOo produces better PDFs. > > Really? Do you have some comparison details? > > The question was: > > Is there an equivalent to CUPS-PDF that can run on Windows? > > Regarding OOo's PDF export; I like it but it doesn't even come close to > the configuration abilities of PDFCreator. Nor does OOo's PDF export set > up a virtual PDF printer that other applications can use. > > http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator > PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows > application. > > Key Features: > > * Create PDFs from any program that is able to print > ** Security: Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed > etc. > ** Send generated files via eMail > * Create more than just PDFs: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PS, EPS > * AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like > Username, Computername, Date, Time etc. > * Merge multiple files into one PDF > ** Easy Install: Just say what you want and everything is installed > ** Terminal Server: PDFCreator also runs on Terminal Servers without > problems > ** And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is > Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public > License. >
Notice the "when appropriate" phrase. PDFCreator is more versatile, but that comes at a cost. Ever tried to extract or copy text from a PDFCreator PDF? Can you show me working bookmarks and hyperlinks in a PDFCreator PDF? I can do both from OOo PDFs, and use both often. As for the feature list above, OOo can match at least 5 of the features. I've marked them with an extra *. It all boils down to the right tool for the right job. I have both installed and use both. For OOo generated files, OOo's PDF export is usually the better choice. Otherwise, PDFCreator may be the better choice. As this is the OOo list, IMHO, it's reasonable to assume the original poster will have at least a few OOo documents. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
