PDF Creator

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Hello,

Does anyone uses the Primo PDFcreator, and does it create small PDF-files?

Thanx
Jan
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I use both the Primo and the CutePDF as well a playing with
several others. My favorite is the CutePDF because it
formats better for my HP printers. File size is controlled
by your resolution setup options. For higher quality print
output, you will need higher settings. If output quality is
not important, you can cut it way down for screen use.
Since I use it for report archives, I need higher resolution
which is still far smaller than files from MS Word or others
especially when graphics are embedded.
 
lugnut said:
Hello,

Does anyone uses the Primo PDFcreator, and does it create small PDF-files?

Thanx
Jan
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I use both the Primo and the CutePDF as well a playing with
several others. My favorite is the CutePDF because it
formats better for my HP printers. [snip]
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I just want to support the CutePDF endorsement. This weekend, I
converted a 4.5 MB html document to a PDF file using CutePDF, and it
reduced it to a 1.0 MB document. The document is for looking up terms
for translation, and it took 5-10 seconds to load as html in a
browser. The PDF loads almost instantaneously and is a stellar
alternative. My client was estatic! I use 160 dpi as a default
printing spec, as I recall.

Cheers,
Larry
 
CutePDF or Primo or
several others operate as a printer and do not care about
original format(s). Tomahawk looks like it can only handle
.rtf and a couple of other file formats.
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That's correct. It's imports txt, rtf, html, doc, wri (xls and wpd
too, if MS Office conversion modules installed). The OP wanted small
files, and ime Tomahawk makes the smallest pdf's. Hence my
recommendation. There is a small snag though, you need certain MS
Office filters for converting files which contain graphics, but not
for importing pictures directly.

Q.
 
Where or what are these MS Office conversion modules you mention? Are they
in my copy of MS Office so I'd load the document and save in one of the
formats Tomahawk recognizes prior to converting it to PDF or is there a more
direct approach?


| lugnut <[email protected]> remarked:
|
| > >I've found that Tomahawk creates the smallest PDF files.
|
| > >http://nativewinds.montana.com/software/tomahawk.html
|
| > CutePDF or Primo or
| > several others operate as a printer and do not care about
| > original format(s). Tomahawk looks like it can only handle
| > .rtf and a couple of other file formats.
|
| That's correct. It's imports txt, rtf, html, doc, wri (xls and wpd
| too, if MS Office conversion modules installed). The OP wanted small
| files, and ime Tomahawk makes the smallest pdf's. Hence my
| recommendation. There is a small snag though, you need certain MS
| Office filters for converting files which contain graphics, but not
| for importing pictures directly.
|
| Q.
|
 
Larry said:
I just want to support the CutePDF endorsement. This weekend, I
converted a 4.5 MB html document to a PDF file using CutePDF, and it
reduced it to a 1.0 MB document. The document is for looking up terms
for translation, and it took 5-10 seconds to load as html in a
browser. The PDF loads almost instantaneously and is a stellar
alternative. My client was estatic! I use 160 dpi as a default
printing spec, as I recall.
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I just ran a simple test using several PDF creators to produce a 20
page pdf file from a forum thread. The resulting pdf files appeared to
be identical. Here are the sizes:

56 KB = Paperless Printer
61 KB = Adobe Acrobat Professional (not freeware!)
90 KB = PDF Creator
136 KB = CutePDF

I'm not saying this is a definitive test. I'd welcome anyone's efforts
to confirm or dispute my results with their own testing.

Wayne
 
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