priPrinter is intended to convert any type of document into PDF format, provided the source application supports printing. The tool works by installing a virtual printer, which becomes accessible through the Print command.
Although it is true that there are many virtual PDF printers available out there, priPrinter has the convenience of letting users retouch the document before actually saving it to disk. In this regard, the application lets you preview the documents in WYSIWYG mode and make the necessary adjustments. Luckily, there is a 3D preview mode to help you get a real idea of what a double sided document will look like. Moreover, you can easily arrange pages and delete the unnecessary ones. Not only that, it is also allowed to include watermarks and even make some corrections to the text itself, which only a few tools support. Likewise, priPrinter lets you configure the output format by setting page size, orientation, margins and so on. Fortunately, you can save frequent layouts and settings and spare the effort of doing the same over and over again. By the way, it is also an absolute advantage of this product that you can automate actions by writing your own scripts. Finally, once you are done with the adjustment, you can send the document to a printer, and it does not matter whether it is a real printer or a virtual one.
To conclude, priPrinter is a good choice when you need to create PDF documents and gain full control of the way they will look on paper. It is not a fully-featured PDF editor. Therefore, it has some limitations as to creating and editing documents. Besides, it does not support processing batches of documents. The tool is free to try but leaves an unpleasant stamp on every page. It has three editions: Standard, Professional, and Server. Although its price is definitely reasonable, you should know that some virtual PDF printers are available at no cost.
v6.0.3.2262 [Sep 30, 2013]
- Slovenian translation is added.
- Russian Russian Help is now available separately or us part of localized installer.
- Fixed an issue with printing jobs with mixed orientations. Sometimes, when crop is applied, pages with orientation or paper size different from first page may be clipped.
- Ruler is changed, now it should handle pages with mixed size and orientations.
- Fixed an issue in JPEG import module. CMYK and YCCK color spaces now should be imported correctly. Issue was related to printing MS Word documents with embedded JPEG files.
- Fixed an issue with moving or pasting content with circles defined by two points. Related to the following bug report.
- Fixed very rare issue with wrong clip regions.
- Many improvements related to forms:
- Now it is possible to save form settings right inside form file - new option in Save Form dialog.
- Added an ability to resave currently selected form (with new settings).
- Form margins can be saved into form file.
- PDF publisher now respects form specific margins.
- Many small fixes related to forms.
- A rare crash with sending job to recycle bin is fixed.
- Pick button in priPrinter Preferences dialog is improved. Also fixed an issue with retrieving settings from some printers.
- A crash in duplex detection code was fixed. Problem was related to some drivers, which can return wrong size of configuration structure.
- Many optimizations in PDF publisher (PRO).
- An issue in Warning Message about printing to protected printer should be fixed. Previously, quantity of papers to print, sometimes, was wrong.
- Small PDF issue related to line segments joining mode is fixed (PRO).
- A crash after redo/undo of page deletion is fixed.
- Print command in context menu should print only selected papers.
- Many corrections in help file.
