Reviews of doPDF

1. 
   egg83

   Reviewing 7.3.391 (May 10, 2013)

   Never a moments problem with this program. Does precisely what it advertises, and does it very well. 5 stars.
2. 
   dubstepmaker

   Reviewing 7.3.387 (Feb 14, 2013)

   awesome tool for sure! works without a hitch.
3. 
   Enlightenment

   Reviewing 7.2.376 (Feb 16, 2012)

   Work great. I've used it on Windows XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), 7 (32-bit), 7 (64-bit) without any problems!
4. 
   war59312

   Reviewing 7.2.373 (Oct 7, 2011)

   Changelog:
   
   Fix: Characters with skew effect weren't converted correctly (rotated instead of skewed)
   Fix: Corrected problem when converting files with long name
   Fix: Corrected conversion from Visio when backgrounds were used
   Fix: Corrected Terminal Services message
   
   Source: http://www.dopdf.com/for...te-dopdf-72353-released
5. 
   Blaxima

   Reviewing 7.2.373 (Oct 6, 2011)

   Works well and is easy to use but is a little sparse on options when compared to Bullzip PDF
6. 
   war593122

   Reviewing 7.2.361 (Apr 4, 2011)

   Correction in the add-in for Microsoft Word, when filename contained Greek characters.
   
   Source: http://www.dopdf.com/for...te-dopdf-72353-released
7. 
   ballyhairs

   Reviewing 7.2.359 (Feb 18, 2011)

   If its not possible to have it portable then Isn't it possible to make it least update itself?
8. 
   JamesSmith2

   Reviewing 7.2.355 (Jan 3, 2011)

   I love not having to install Adobe Acrobat Professional to create a pdf file. Because it installs as a printer driver it integrates perfectly into every program. Keep up the good work.
9. 
   ZenoLabs

   Reviewing 7.1.349 (Oct 26, 2010)

   Best PDF creator around. I used to have PDFCreator installated, but this is lighter, better, faster.
10. 
    johnusa

    Reviewing 7.1.349 (Oct 26, 2010)

    Every time this program gets a new version it does not get updated properly and in a timely manner, as you keep getting the previous older version.
    It is definitely a big problem with Softalnd, the developer of doPDF, as they have big issues updating their servers to allow users to download the new version. After a new version is announced users keep downloading the older version.
    Shame on this site, FileForum for not testing and confirming that the new version is actually available for download.
    Shame on FileForum, BetaNews and Softland.
11. 
    Hilbert

    Reviewing 7.1.347 (Oct 20, 2010)

    IT FAILED!!
    
    The first PDF file I tried to create was a .MHT (MHTML Web archive file) and it failed!!
    
    The error message was "There is no application associated with the given file name extension"
    
    All Windows versions have the .MHT extension associated with Internet Explorer by default and IE will print it ok--it's only a web page as a single file. If you use another browser that supports the file type (eg Opera) then the extension is automatically associated with it.
    
    The .MHT extension on my machine is associated with the browser and works perfectly.
    
    I'm really getting jacked off by so-called 'free' software that's simply never been tested. Otherwise, how come I found the bug on the very first file I tried it on?
    
    It really is hard to believe the developer could be so slack as not to check the normal Windows extensions that one can print from. But it happens....
    
    >:-o
    
    Finally this really isn't 'free' software but nobble-ware. Yuh have to buy the full version.
    
    It's already uninstalled.
12. 
    pjafrombbay

    Reviewing 7.1.347 (Oct 20, 2010)

    I agree with JohnUSA; this is version 7.1.346 NOT 347
    
    FileForum this is a bit shabby!
    
    Software is still very good though.
    
    Peter
13. 
    johnusa

    Reviewing 7.1.347 (Oct 19, 2010)

    This is NOT version 7.1.347 but it is the previous 7.1.346
    I don't believe that fileforum does mistakes like this.
    Please correct this mistake.
    
    UPDATED ON 10/20/2010
    This program has just been properly updated to version 7.1.348
    Download it from the this link instead of this site (fileforum) which is still old version:
    http://www.dopdf.com/
14. 
    krakokainer

    Reviewing 7.1.347 (Oct 19, 2010)

    totally rocking yo
15. 
    egg83

    Reviewing 7.1.344 (Sep 14, 2010)

    Does exactly what I need it to do, use this mostly to print pages from my browser. Captures all of the fonts and graphics from webpages with great accuracy.
16. 
    PaulWilliams

    Reviewing 7.1.343 (Sep 7, 2010)

    Very good program. I had several dozen Microsoft Word .doc files that I needed converted to PDF and it handled them all extremely well. I didn't notice a considerable change in file size from .doc to .pdf. If you don't want to buy Adobe Acrobat, this is an excellent alternatives for saving in the pdf format.
17. 
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 7.1.342 (Jul 30, 2010)

    Versions 6-2-296 all the way to this latest version have a problem with some fonts, one such that seems very obvious on Windows XP 32 bit is the "Modern" font. Open Office 3.2.1 Writer built-in PDF export does a much better job, and is also more space efficient. It's still a decent program, but version 6 is still leaner without any adware type of clutter on the interface than version 7. Version 6-2-296 does properly process the "Marlett" font in terms of spacing, whereas none of the version 7 series does not. Version 6-2-296 files may be larger than version 7 releases, but it works correctly more often than those smaller version 7 releases. I'd recommend trying both and comparing the end results yourself when embedding fonts.
18. 
    kglad

    Reviewing 7.1.340 (Jun 18, 2010)

    excellent app that does exactly what it claims.
19. 
    nusushika

    Reviewing 7.1.332 (Apr 16, 2010)

    This doPDF create big pdf file but, I still prefer choosing it. I think it embeds every font when editing a document, and sometimes I get a plain text file up to 30MB!
    
    I found create pdf file once more with doPDF in any pdf reader, the file size squeezed to only 60KB. It would be a little annoying so I choose 4 stars.
20. 
    Tigris

    Reviewing 7.1.329 (Mar 14, 2010)

    7.1.330 is out!
21. 
    egg83

    Reviewing 7.1.329 (Feb 19, 2010)

    Have used this app for a while, and is getting better and better! Is getting better with printing out the contents of webpages as they are, and have not had many problems with this app.
22. 
    Enlightenment

    Reviewing 7.1.327 (Feb 10, 2010)

    This is an excellent PDF printer driver. It has printer preferences to increase the DPI output, so ignore the fools that didn't see this feature.
    
    I previously used one by PDF995.com but it required many steps to install it, so I decided to find an easier one to install.
23. 
    gubmonte

    Reviewing 7.0.320 (Dec 13, 2009)

    So wait...are betanews ratings intended to rate the size of the application and not the functionality now? Dudeboyz, stop being a troll and rate how the application acts. When features are added, size often goes up. Not everyone is worried about operating things on their system containing 256MB of ram. There is no use having 4GB of ram if you are just leaving it sitting there.
24. 
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 7.0.320 (Dec 2, 2009)

    I'm a little concerned about the increase in the application size:
    
    v6.2.296 = 1,726,264
    v7.0.320 = 3,131,672
    
    Version 7 also seems to be slower than the 6.2.x versions.
    
    Yeah, Type 1 support is nice, as are subset embedding, but I'd like it more if they focused on keeping the application lean and clean.
25. 
    irwinofupton

    Reviewing 6.3.309 (Sep 15, 2009)

    Is this program lacking options: :yes. But having used it for over a year and since it does not require ancillary software to function what it does it does very well!
26. 
    us3r

    Reviewing 6.3.308 (Sep 14, 2009)

    Terrible application. Yes, it's fast and doesn't need additional libraries, but the quality of images and even some fonts is just terrible.
27. 
    christoofar

    Reviewing 6.3.308 (Aug 13, 2009)

    Discovered this recently & use it quite often to convert song lyrics in text into .pdfs to scroll on my laptop. Easy to use & works as advertised. Thanks to the authors.
28. 
    Zarggg

    Reviewing 6.3.308 (Aug 12, 2009)

    doPDF works just fine; I've used it for a long time and actually got my work to adopt it as a standard tool a few months back.
    
    us3r has a history of downrating excellent programs and appears to be spamming on this one. (I don't care how bad you think a program is, don't advertise another one on a review.)
29. 
    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.
30. 
    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
31. 
    picsoetje

    Reviewing 6.2.289 (Feb 25, 2009)

    Great program.
    Worth a 5 !!
32. 
    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.
33. 
    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?
34. 
    dgtlnight

    Reviewing 6.1.284 (Jan 13, 2009)

    doPDF 6.1 build 284 was released (first build for 2009). Update is not necessary, as this build only has some minor specific fixes.
    
    What's changed in doPDF 6.1.284:
    
    * Fix: Corrected image conversion when printing from explorer
    * Fix: A random crash in Windows Vista 64-bits occured when closing Printing Preferences
    * Update: Minor documentation changes (updated help file, user manual and EULA)
35. 
    BB88

    Reviewing 6.1.276 (Oct 9, 2008)

    What's changed in doPDF 6.1.276:
    
    Fix: Corrected bug in converting Norwegian text containing numbers (for Norwegian numbers the thousand divider is a blank space, so the numbers were not correctly converted - bug in dlgPaper).
    Fix: On Vista machines that have UAC enabled, printing from IE7 (in protected mode) returned a "Permission denied" error when trying to save the PDF file locally. Upon installation doPDF now sets permission to write to local files.
    Update: Do not check open file when using doPDF on Vista and printing from IE
    --------------------------------------------------
    
    I have been using it for a while. I usually use it to create PDF invoice from online shopping. There are times when I created invoices from newegg or frys, some funny magenta color appears.
36. 
    ag2ieric

    Reviewing 6.1.267 (Jul 11, 2008)

    Simple and efficient.
    
    Fix: Corrected a paper margin conversion bug from Word to PDF (margins where not converted exactly with the same size in certain conditions)
    Fix: Corrected a conversion bug from Word to PDF, where if an Excel table was embedded in Word it would get replaced by a black rectangle
    Fix: There was a page layout bug when printing a word document from the free TextMaker Viewer program - if the document contained a succession of portrait and landscape pages, the PDF would contain only portrait pages - the new build converts them correctly.
37. 
    Umapathy

    Reviewing 6.0.262 (Jun 5, 2008)

    Great product with excellent customer care. This version address the issues with some of the Tamil UNICODE letters (especially consonants) do not converted correctly with the previous version. Product is awesome.
    By the way does any body know how to create a silent installer with this do pdf? so that I can make an nLite addon
38. 
    SalmonSeller

    Reviewing 6.0.262 (Jun 5, 2008)

    Sure, it lacks any advanced features, but it does one thing, and does it well.
39. 
    slimscraggle

    Reviewing 6.0.259 (May 7, 2008)

    with the addition of the changelog I'll give this a 5
40. 
    halc

    Reviewing 6.0.259 (Apr 28, 2008)

    For a free app like this, one really can't complain. The closest is the FinePrint PDF Factory Pro and that is €34 already.
    
    I wish it would have a user selectable graphics compression setting.
41. 
    stp33

    Reviewing 6.0.259 (Apr 21, 2008)

    It should be noted that PDF files with graphics made by doPDF are 4-5 times bigger than other PDF makers - doPDF so far can't compress the graphics, unlike others.
42. 
    softland

    Reviewing 6.0.258 (Apr 11, 2008)

    slimscraggle, Lord - there is a changelog, see the link right under the Get it button on the main page
43. 
    slimscraggle

    Reviewing 6.0.258 (Apr 9, 2008)

    Hear hear to -Lord-. The omission of a changelog anywhere is an unforgivable sin.
    
    Otherwise? it does what it should.
44. 
    Umapathy

    Reviewing 5.3.250 (Feb 23, 2008)

    I like the small size and works fine with English texts. Best of part of the the software it is also avalailable as nLite addon so it can be installed while installing Windows.
    
    It doesn't look like working well with Tamil (my Mother tongue) UNICODE texts. It appears the it skips all the consonents in Tamil Language I have done some tests characters like ??, ??, ??, in the original document let it be in MS Word or RTF(Rich Text File). I shall be thankful if this could be sorted out. If it is a RTF file the output looks horrible. You can access the Tamil Scripts via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_script
45. 
    -Lord-

    Reviewing 5.3.250 (Feb 4, 2008)

    minus 1 for not giving a list of changes? I've been using it and it works, but here's a new version. If mine is working, why change it? That's what needs to be put here, why the update?
    Other than that, decent enough.
46. 
    klavc

    Reviewing 5.3.249 (Jan 22, 2008)

    the install is small and simple, it is free and it works good enough for me for not heaving a reason to not give it a 5
47. 
    betasun

    Reviewing 5.3.249 (Jan 21, 2008)

    it does not allow to choose/define a default ''save as'' folder .
48. 
    TGB72

    Reviewing 5.3.247 (Dec 26, 2007)

    Pros:
    - Fast
    - Small installer
    
    Cons:
    - No option to print large web pages (web articles, forum pages) without divide it in pages (A4, letter...custom), so at the end even if I set in the viewer "continuous layout" I still see lines dividing the article.
    - It creates big files
49. 
    Chocobito

    Reviewing 5.3.247 (Dec 21, 2007)

    I don't like at all the big file size that this apps produce other similar soft create more optimize PDfs.
50. 
    slowdive

    Reviewing 5.3.245 (Dec 5, 2007)

    Like vcorvinus, i also can't find the option "print" more than one page for sheet. No use for me. Bullzip and PDF Creator have that option and i use it a lot...
51. 
    HighPlainsDrifter

    Reviewing 5.3.238 (Oct 25, 2007)

    I like it,of course your not going to get all the bells and whistles,the creator is running a business and this is just to wet the beak or drive users to his other apps.It's business,Fredo.
52. 
    muka3d

    Reviewing 5.3.238 (Oct 25, 2007)

    Not sure what vcorvinus is talking about, but doPDF can "print" as many "pages" as you "want" it to.
    
    Best freeware PDF printer.
53. 
    vcorvinus

    Reviewing 5.3.231 (Sep 26, 2007)

    Cannot "print" more than one page for sheet. Unusable for my needs
54. 
    V.A

    Reviewing 5.2.230 (Sep 22, 2007)

    My "personal" logo of my Powerpoint presentations is not copied into the PDF created by DoPDF.
    This makes it unusable for me.
55. 
    muka3d

    Reviewing 5.2.228 (Aug 18, 2007)

    doPDF + SumatraPDF = Adobe Acrobat Pro without bloat...FREE!
56. 
    schristie11

    Reviewing 5.2.228 (Aug 11, 2007)

    Love the software, works 100% of the time on all my PC's.
    
    Wishlist: save the pdf without page breaks, like a continuous scroll down document without seperators.
57. 
    betasun

    Reviewing 5.2.228 (Aug 10, 2007)

    needs an option for a default "save as ", so not to ask everytime .
58. 
    onestar

    Reviewing 5.2.228 (Aug 10, 2007)

    Does what it's supposed to do and does it well.
    Nice, lightweight, perfect for my needs.
59. 
    mengo

    Reviewing 5.2.226 (Jul 28, 2007)

    great PDF printer, one of the best
    
    to the user asking for terminal sessions PDF printers, you can use cutePDF, but it does not have the same options as this one:-(
    
    For future functions, working under terminal session would be nice
60. 
    mmatheny

    Reviewing 5.2.226 (Jul 27, 2007)

    Doesn't work in a terminal server session - does anyone know of a PDF printer that work in a terminal server session?
61. 
    Umapathy

    Reviewing 5.2.225 (Jul 22, 2007)

    I have not tried pdf creator but this (i.e. doPDF) works fine for English documents and I like the small size of the program. The only problem I found with UNICODE especially it only works one way for Indian Languages like my mother tongue Tamil. i.e. it does display when you convert a UNICODE Tamil document to pdf but when you copy back to Word or some other program we won't be able to get any meaning full text. I shall be thankful if Adobe can look in to this as a serious issue. This is a generic problem with pdf not just associated with doPDF.
62. 
    VelvetElvis

    Reviewing 5.1.222 (Jun 2, 2007)

    In a comparison with PDFCreator, doPDF files were noticeably larger (in one test, twice as large.) The kicker however, cam in testing an Excel file, doPDF could not render embedded Word Art properly, while PDFCreator had no problem.
63. 
    spiked

    Reviewing 5.1.222 (Jun 1, 2007)

    Displays a plug for the author's commercial product novaPDF (which does work on terminal servers) but does not stamp anything on the PDF files. Features are fairly comparable to the many GhostScript/Redmond-based open source print drivers like PrimoPDF, FreePDF, CutePDF, and PDFCreator. I wouldn't switch to doPDF if you're already using one of those and are happy with it, but doPDF is tighter and faster than any alternatives I've tried. Co-exists nicely with others and uninstalls cleanly, so trying is low risk.
    
    Like all print driver solutions, PDFs created from web pages or other documents containing links don't retain their links (except to the extent that you use a reader which adds them by parsing text for raw URLs), so I'm still looking for something to replace Adobe's PDFMaker for IE and Office apps. Sadly, not even Adobe has been able to improve on it, as it remains unchanged in Acrobat 8 despite the brochures making it seem new.
64. 
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 5.1.222 (Jun 1, 2007)

    Hey, I really like this little freebie. So far, tests nice and is simple and uncomplicated.
    
    I do think it should Automatically add the PDF file extension to any file you save. If you manually type in a file name and forget to type in the .PDF extension, it can save to the hard drive without that extension, which can be a pain for n00bs who want to double click to open a file from Explorer.
    
    I'll keep checkin' it out. Thanks for making it simple and free.
65. 
    V.A

    Reviewing 5.0.218 (May 6, 2007)

    doPDF is great (read the best).
    I do have one question about this version 0.5.0.218 though : does it exist ?
    On the web-site there is still version 214.
66. 
    iamalsohere

    Reviewing 5.0.218 (Apr 30, 2007)

    You can not use doPDF over terminal services / RDP :(
67. 
    jspratjr

    Reviewing 5.0.218 (Apr 29, 2007)

    Excellent!! other than over-writing an existing file without prompting for acknowledgement, I didn't experience any of the other issues described previously by Esquire.
68. 
    simko

    Reviewing 5.0.218 (Apr 29, 2007)

    i like it a lot
    Having trouble using xps but this worked as i wanted it to. :)
69. 
    Esquire

    Reviewing 5.0.214 (Apr 18, 2007)

    Problem:
    
    1) It does NOT prompt user to replace an existing file - it just REPLACE the file without asking!
    
    2) Test printing 2 pages from a 5 page document - but it generated PDF from the WHOLE document!
    
    3) It's S-L-O-W - took 6 minutes or more to generate a PDF file that CutePDF took less than a minute.
    
    4) PDF file size is nearly double that if CutePDF is used.
    
    5) Uninstall doesn't remove all files and registry
    
    Yes, it's free, doesn't require Ghostscript installation, and it appears to take less hard drive space.... BUT with problems like these it's back to CutePDF + Ghostscript 8.54 for me - and a rating of 1.
70. 
    guti

    Reviewing 5.0.214 (Apr 17, 2007)

    Nice, freeware, and no ghostcript required.
71. 
    JonNuttNTL

    Reviewing 5.0.214 (Apr 17, 2007)

    Does exactly what it says on the box. Been looking for a free pdf creator without the need to use Ghostscript. This is the one!

Discuss doPDF

1. Sep 15, 2010 - 6:31 AM
   nusushika

   Actually OpenOffice 3.2.1 built-in pdf converter already handles every document I created, I'd like to use DoPDF while some applications without or weak in pdf conversion.
2. Jan 21, 2010 - 3:24 AM
   softland

   As some noticed version 7.1 has a slight increase in size compared to version 6.x, meaning it's now around 3.8MB (still a very small setup imo). Anyway the main two reasons for this increase in size are:
   - we've added that start-up page because many users didn't know how to create pdf files by printing; this was possible only using a separate exe which alone is about 2.5mb (uncompressed)
   - to keep the compatibility for Windows 2000 we had to distribute a dll that adds up for about 0.8mb too
   
   On a different note, the newly released version (7.1) supports now silent installation parameters, a much requested feature (mainly among enterprise users).
3. 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?
4. 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.
5. 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
   
   ---------------------------------------------
   
   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.