PDF maker utilities

[mutslaster]

has anyone used some of those programs that apparently make PDFs w/o Adobe Acrobat?

looking for a less expensive way to make 'em and wanted to hear comments/recommendations/feedback.

 

[stir-fry]

we use http://www.synactis.com/products/pdf_in-the-box.htm in our product and it works okay.. however, it still costed us 145 US

 

[deep]

I recommend PDFCreator.

 

[mutslaster]

sweet, thanks guys!

 

[zoo]

if this is for your own non commercial personal use, just grab adobe acrobat full version from any torrent site

if it's for work/commercial purposes though, obviously go legit or find some freeware app (like the one posted above)

 

[daddyiwantchocolate]

Sara, deep was a lifesaver with this one - SO EASY too.

I recommend PDFCreator.

 

[mutslaster]

yeah, it's for work so i gotta find something legit.

i had trouble d/ling from the site though.
??

 

[deep]

PDFCreator is free / open source, so nothing to pay for. Just print the document you want turned into a PDF, and in your printer selection drop down menu select the PDFCreator entry. The document will be sent to PDFCreator and made into a PDF.

Check PMs for a download link.

 

[deep]

try this:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pdfcreator/PDFCreator-0_9_0_AFPLGhostscript.exe?use_mirror=umn

 

[CIRCE (Sir C)]

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Awesome on-the-fly PDF writer that I use that is installed as a "printer;" ie. if the document you're making comes from an app with a print function, then you can turn it into a *.pdf. Also free and open source.