List of virtual printer software
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The following is a list of Wikipedia articles relating to virtual printer software:
Free software
The following are distributed under free software licences:
- CC PDF Converter (discontinued) – A Ghostscript-based virtual printer.
- cups-pdf – An open source Ghostscript-based virtual printer that can be shared with Windows users over the LAN. CUPS
- Ghostscript – A command-line library for creation of PostScript and PDF files.
Freeware
The following are proprietary software but free of charge:
=Virtual PDF printers=
Virtual PDF printers for Microsoft Windows:
- Bullzip PDF Printer{{ref label|p1|PUP}} – there is a free version
- CutePDF{{ref label|p2|PUP}}
- DoPDF – this is a simplified version of NovaPDF
- PDFCreator{{ref label|p3|PUP}} – a Ghostscript-based virtual printer for Microsoft Windows, with user interface for advanced options (security settings, combining multiple documents, etc.).
- PrimoPDF{{ref label|p4|PUP}}
- Print To PDF - ships with Windows 10 and 11
- PDF24 Creator – a free virtual PDF printer for Microsoft Windows, with user interface and additional tools like merging, splitting, compressing and assembling PDF files.
Commercial
- Adobe Acrobat – Adobe System's commercial PDF authoring suite includes Adobe Distiller, a virtual printer for converting documents to PDF files. Adobe Distiller is not included with the free-to-use Adobe Reader product.
=Virtual printers=
Virtual printers for Microsoft Windows:
- Microsoft Office Document Image Writer – Included in Microsoft Office Professional allowing documents to be saved in TIFF or Microsoft Document Imaging Format. MODI is only supported in 32 bit Windows' versions.
- Universal Document Converter – Creating PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PCX, DCX and BMP files. Free version adds watermark.
Notes
:1.{{note|p1}}{{note|p2}}{{note|p3}}{{note|p4}}This software has risk of installing potentially unwanted programs. For more information, refer to its main article.