For Paul and ?: pdf writer/driver

Paul,

Crap. I couldn't sleep last night, so I did some searching. The
printer driver I use was a promotional from Adobe that came with
Adobe Type Manager, but I wanted to check more...

Did some searching and found a number of 3rd-party options, the most
promising of which I came up with was PDF-Xchange:

http://www.docu-track.com/pdf-xchange.htm

I downloaded a demo (you must supply a valid email for them to send a
password for the demo). It handled multiple typefaces and graphics
quite well, and seems to have a lot of options for the final output.
It may not have all of the options that the Adobe product itself
might have, but it appears that it would suit your purposes (and
anyone else here who would want to publish portable documents with
graphics and text). This software is only $29.95, much less than
Adobe Acrobat, Writer, or Distiller. Please note that this is a
Windows product; if you want to investigate more resources or for
other OS's, search download.com (or any other online file repository)
for "pdf"...

HTH,
Jon

--- In tuning@y..., "Jon Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Crap. I couldn't sleep last night, so I did some searching. The
> printer driver I use was a promotional from Adobe that came with
> Adobe Type Manager, but I wanted to check more...
>
> Did some searching and found a number of 3rd-party options, the
most
> promising of which I came up with was PDF-Xchange:
>
> http://www.docu-track.com/pdf-xchange.htm
>
> I downloaded a demo (you must supply a valid email for them to send
a
> password for the demo). It handled multiple typefaces and graphics
> quite well, and seems to have a lot of options for the final
output.
> It may not have all of the options that the Adobe product itself
> might have, but it appears that it would suit your purposes (and
> anyone else here who would want to publish portable documents with
> graphics and text). This software is only $29.95, much less than
> Adobe Acrobat, Writer, or Distiller. Please note that this is a
> Windows product; if you want to investigate more resources or for
> other OS's, search download.com (or any other online file
repository)
> for "pdf"...
>
> HTH,
> Jon

Thanks, Jon. Manuel posted a link to a free program that allows you
to "print" .doc files to .pdf. . . . Hmm . . .

--- In tuning@y..., "Paul Erlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> Thanks, Jon. Manuel posted a link to a free program that allows you
> to "print" .doc files to .pdf. . . . Hmm . . .

Hey, *free* is always good in my book! Try 'em both and see what you
think, as there might be a quality difference that would be worth it
for you. And I think most of these items work the same: they appear
as another printer that you print to, only you then specify a
document name. Pretty easy to use...

Cheers,
Jon

Well I am overjoyed that everyone is so helpful a year after the fact!

Jon Szanto wrote:

> --- In tuning@y..., "Paul Erlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> > Thanks, Jon. Manuel posted a link to a free program that allows you
> > to "print" .doc files to .pdf. . . . Hmm . . .
>
> Hey, *free* is always good in my book! Try 'em both and see what you
> think, as there might be a quality difference that would be worth it
> for you. And I think most of these items work the same: they appear
> as another printer that you print to, only you then specify a
> document name. Pretty easy to use...
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>

-- Kraig Grady
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http://www.anaphoria.com

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Maestro Kraig!

--- In tuning@y..., Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...> wrote:
> Well I am overjoyed that everyone is so helpful a year after the
> fact!

I even did a cursory look at the archives from a year ago - am I
missing something that you are referring to that I should know
about?!?

Hope you are well,
Jon