Reviews of doPDF

1. 
   Reverb

   Reviewing 6.2.301 (May 18, 2009)

   I am currently running Version 6.2 build 296 and am able to print to PDF from both Firefox 3 and IE 7 (XP SP3). The output file matches my print preview. It is very basic though and has very few options in the output dialogue. It is very small however (under 2 MB) and works well. There are a few other free PDF printers out there with more options but most require installing Ghostscript (such as Bullzip.com PDF) to work properly. If you're looking for a way to print PDF files from your apps and want something free and non-bloated this is what you need.
   
   4 out of 5 since the only caveat is the lack of options.
2. 
   us3r

   Reviewing 6.2.300 (May 13, 2009)

   Doesn't work. Try to print any website using this 'software'. It won't work. But Microsoft's XPS Document Writer works flawlessly . doPDF - What a garbage- ware.
   
   Edit: Forget about this crap (doPDF).
   
   Here is a free PDF printer which allows also to print to BMP, ESP, JPEG, PCX, PNG, PS, TIFF.
   
   http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php
3. 
   picsoetje

   Reviewing 6.2.289 (Feb 25, 2009)

   Great program.
   Worth a 5 !!
4. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 6.2.288 (Feb 9, 2009)

   First impression:
   
   There is one thing about this app that seems to be functioning well and I noticed it right away. It handles FONT EMBEDDING in a way that seems to be not only incredibly easy but actually seems to work as I would have hoped / expected such a feature to work.
   
   It feels bone-stock simple compared to the expensive and complex Acrobat suite from Adobe. The option is right there. The interface is not intimidating or complicated at all. You check the box, create the file, load it on another machine that does not have those fonts on it, and if the fonts you chose to embed allow for that function to be used, this application seems to be able to do it with little or no problems that I can discern.
   
   This ia very nice development. Since this feature looks so promising, I'm going to start giving this application a higher priority on my list of apps that I work with and test. A solid 4 stars for now, and I'll see if I can put this through a bit of a workout so I can provide a more thorough bit of feedback later.
   
   Nice work.
5. 
   coover

   Reviewing 6.1.287 (Jan 30, 2009)

   It is good to see that the software author continually works to improve this software by exorcising even the smallest bugs, even though most have little or no effect on the majority of users.
   
   This is excellent and free software. Is it possible to give it a 6?

Discuss doPDF

1. Mar 12, 2009 - 2:33 PM
   Pheno

   I use PDFCreator and am thinking about trying doPDF (both are freeware and for this I'm very appreciative) -- although I'm not sure if it's worth the time to try. From first glance, it seems like the two software have all the same features. For those who have tried both, is there a difference?
   
   I'm thinking there must be for doPDF to be a fileforum pick -- or is it an automatized pick due to the 0.1 rating difference between doPDF and PDFCreator?
2. Feb 2, 2009 - 4:00 AM
   softland

   Actually the version is 6.2.287 and not 6.1.287. The major improvement in this version is the addition of Font embedding.
3. Jan 21, 2009 - 4:15 PM
   BB88

   doPDF 6.1 build 286 was released. Update is not necessary, as this build only has some minor specific fixes.
   What's changed in doPDF 6.1.286:
   
   - Update: Added silent cancel printing - in previous versions, when the Cancel button was pressed from the Save As dialog, it would reload it and return an error when cancelling again - now this behavior is corrected and the Save As dialog is shown once.
   - Update: The character & is now allowed in the filename (was replaced in previous versions with underscore)
   - Update: Minor language file changes for Romanian, Russian, Slovenian and Ukrainian
   
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   Not sure if it's fixed in this version, but with previous version, when I create a PDF on the Newegg.com invoice, I get some magenta borders everywhere.