PDF Printer Driver for Server

[ppark001]

Hi All,

I know there are printer drivers available like PDF995. But they all have to be installed on the client workstation. I only want a printer driver. I don't need to purchase the whole Acrobat Standard just to print from documents like Word, or print screens.

Is there a product that is Windows Advanced 2000 server based, that can be used as a shared printer (driver)?

Thanks,

P. Park

 

[tgreer]

A printer driver and a virtual printer are different. Then again there are "Printer drivers" and "ppd's", PostScript Printer Drivers.

What exactly are you trying to do?

Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting

 

[ppark001]

Probably a virtual printer. PDF995 is an example.

We have (for example) accounting software where we want to print the reports to a file. PDF format is becoming a standard to give to one's Accountant, Banker etc.

So all i want is to be able to print any report to a PDF format. Yet I don't want to install utilities like PDF995 on all workstations. I just want a server based virtual printer for this task.

Does that make sense?
Thanks much,

P.Park

 

[tgreer]

Yes.

By far the best server-based tool for PDF generation and manipulation is activePDF Server. It is a programmer's tool, though, so you'll have to write an application. And it isn't cheap. Well, it's cheaper than buying dozens of copies of Acrobat.

http://www.activepdf.com

I've used it for years, in many different applications.



Thomas D. Greer

http://www.tgreer.com

Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting