PDFCamp

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Publisher: VeryPDF
Price: $26.91

PDFcamp (pdf writer) is the quick and easy PDF creation software that converts any type of printable Windows document, including DOC, XLS, PPT, TXT and even HTML, to universally accepted PDF with the click of a button.

PDFcamp (pdf writer) installs as a printer driver, making the creation of PDF documents as easy as printing. This gives users a simple way to share any type of Windows document through the standard, universal PDF format. PDFcamp (pdf writer) answers the need of corporations and individuals for an easy to implement low-cost and rapid PDF creation solution.

PDFcamp (pdf writer) Features:

* Installs as a printer driver. PDFcamp (pdf writer) appears in the printers folder as "PDFcamp Printer", so you can print from your application as you would print to a standard printer
* Easy to use. No need to learn a complex program. Just select the "PDFcamp Printer" Printer and click OK
* Supports any type of printable windows document including DOC, PPT, HTML and TXT etc.
* Create PDF file from any printable application
* Supports user defined page sizes
* Supports any resolution to create PDF file
* Supports compression for all pages
* Set the document title, subject, author and keywords
* Supports batch printing
* Auto open PDF file after creation
* Integrates with MS Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail clients to automatically attach PDF files to e-mail messages
* PDF1.4 specification compatible
* Font embedding and subsetting
* Support Asian language characters
* Optimized to increase speed
* Password protection for PDF files with 40 or 128 bit encryption
* Set file permissions to restrict printing, copying, and future modifications to the document
* Supports hyperlinks
* It supports merge to an existing PDF file (insert before the first page or append to the last page)
* It supports ZIP/JPEG compression for the image stream
* Supports email generated PDF file at background
* Auto detect and process portrait and landscape pages
* Supports page margin

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Good price for your money PDF-creation software

By rbv1477 on Tue, 2008-06-17 03:30
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Pros: Easy to install. Easy to use. The program is fast.
Cons: Links not supported. Landscape or portrait not automatically detected.
The Installation: I find the installatio relatively-easy. The Use: The advetisement is correct --- it is easy to use. All you need to do is open your document (be it word, powerpoint, excel or a...

Not 100% ready for competition in the online market

By seham2008 on Tue, 2008-01-15 23:43
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Pros: PDFcamp itself is simple to install, use and honestly the result comes fast..
Cons: · Many online competitors· Detection of urls isn’t working 100% the only url that is detected is the PDFcamp site url! · No support for other languages (in my case Arabic) · The quality of tables with shadows is bad. Colored fonts are in good Quality but images are medium or low.
First, PDFcamp itself is simple to use and honestly the result comes fast..but after testing PDFcamp and other similar softwares (such as acrobat8, Pdf995, Cute PDF pro3.4 ) I have some comments...

Excellent software for "PDF" conversion

By praveen143kumar143 on Wed, 2008-01-09 19:11
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Pros: 1) Easy to configure and use. 2) Exact conversion to pdf. 3) Protected PDF file creation 4) PDF merging capability.
Cons: There are freewares with almost the same capabilities in the market. Option in prompt after installation to make PDFCamp your default printer is the best option.
Description: PDFcamp (pdf writer) is the quick and easy PDF creation software that converts any type of printable Windows document, including DOC, XLS, PPT, TXT and even HTML, to universally accepted...

Doesn't quite deliver as promised

By ppm01 on Thu, 2007-12-27 09:15
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Pros: Easy to install. Functional for most types of Windows documents in English language.
Cons: Lack of full globalization and multi-lingual support combined with apparent flaws doesn't justify the price.
A priced software that claims to address the need of corporations must also address the need for globalization and multi-lingual support. Despite the software description that indicates support for...

Excellent software for PDF conversion

By suchand on Sat, 2007-12-01 21:30
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Pros: Easy to configure and use, Exact conversion to pdf, Protected PDF file creation, PDF merging capability.
Cons: There are freewares with almost the same capabilities in the market.
PDF Camp is one of the best PDF printers around. It uses the well tested print - capture technology to create pdf files which are exact copies of the word / excel / power point / html or any other...

Simply not worth the money.

By DrewOdette on Sat, 2007-11-17 10:09
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Pros: convenient, opt-in prompt after installation to make PDFCamp your default printer.
Cons: similar functionality to existing freeware.
PDFCamp allows a user to choose the resolution of the file, embed fonts, send the file by email directly from the print properties, and set a password to the document for protection. Unfortunately,...

PDFCamp - easy to use and functional

By balance on Mon, 2007-11-12 17:32
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Pros: Easy to use, swift installation, small file size (the installer), functional
Cons: No Control Panel, no file management options, not enough usage instructions for the total beginner
PDFcamp is an easy to use application that allows you to print most of your files to PDF format. Anything that is printable, can be transformed into PDF. The installation went along just fine. I...