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[Creag]

I use PDF Creator on my work laptop. It's what I am meant to use, I understand.

I use to capture documents into PDF which have been scanned into a "business process management" type environment. Because the documents appears as single pages in there, and I ain't downloading each individually, I use this capture method for reference purposes at a later time.

The problem is that the bigger PDF (in pages) tend to hang indefinitely. Force close is the only alternative.

Our IT fella says it's a compression thing. So I disabled this. It seems to work, but this results in a 10MB file morphing into a 292MB file. Apart from restricted file space, I cannot send this by email (size restrictions).

So I ask, are there any "safe" alternatives I can use to print documents into PDF... or do I need to grovel and beg my company for Acrobat Pro?

Thanks in advance,
McT
Resident MyBB Humility Expert

 

[Zyraz]

Going to www.ninite.com there is a couple of options there .

CutePDF
SumatraPDF
PDFCreator

 

[LazyLion]

Personally I use CutePDF (works as a printer driver), because it's completely free, small file sizes and no expiry or watermarks.

But I see this is also on special at the moment... TODAY ONLY!
http://sharewareonsale.com/s/coolmuster-pdf-creator-pro-giveaway-coupon-sale

 

[PsYTraNc3]

+1 for Cute PDF.

 

[Venomous]

Personally I use CutePDF (works as a printer driver), because it's completely free, small file sizes and no expiry or watermarks.

But I see this is also on special at the moment... TODAY ONLY!
http://sharewareonsale.com/s/coolmuster-pdf-creator-pro-giveaway-coupon-sale

there is a free version, and it works fairly well with pastel. And we all know pastel can be full of....

 

[Creag]

I really appreciate the input. I will be researching this so I can put in a motivation for this to my IT. This is the route I must follow or risk installing it on the quiet.

 

[saor]

Primo PDF:


http://www.primopdf.com/

What I quite like is that I can create a PDF, then print another image and append it to that first PDF if necessary. Maybe they all do that, I dunno.

 

[brakpanpolisie]

So the pdfs contain scanned pages? If this then its always tricky getting the file size workable. Have you tried printing it to a single Jpeg file with multipile pages? Acrobat Pro is great, i use it daily on creative cloud!

 

[Ianf1]

Primo PDF:

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http://www.primopdf.com/

What I quite like is that I can create a PDF, then print another image and append it to that first PDF if necessary. Maybe they all do that, I dunno.

+1 for primo, we it 90% of the time even though we have a Acrobat Pro with the acrobat driver.