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PrimoPDF
PrimoPDF

PrimoPDF allows you to create PDF files from any printable document (.doc, images, text, web pages etc.). It installs as a virtual printer and is accessible from any program that offers a Print optio ...

Average of 15 user ratings: 4


  • Apr 01, 2008
  • For version:
  • 4.0

quote  Good stuff  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I like this, I've been using this for a number of years without problem. The later versions have improved the tool and fixed some GUI bugs which used to cause some usability problems.

user Review by: withalittlecharm (3)
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  • May 14, 2006
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Excellent pdf convertor !  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

An Excellent Alternative To Adobe and it's Free... I will recommend this software to all my fellow computer friends. Couple it up with a Foxit PDF reader and you have a winner.

user Review by: achevyman (8)
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  • Aug 28, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Works on windows 98!  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Version 2.0 is out on the program home page, but several Win 98 users have reported problems there. Version 1.0 definitely works on Win 98 (1st edition). I downloaded it today, installed it and it works fine with MS Word 97, Excel 97 and Outlook Express 6. I have, however, encountered a problem with a complex html page (Mozilla Firefox 1.0 is my browser) - although the PDF-printed document footer says page 1 of 2, page 2 won't show up on the PDF document. Before I installed PrimoPDF V. 1.0, I tried two similar free programs. The first one did not work with Excel 97 at all and did not properly reproduce a particular font (Comic Sans MS) of an Outlook Express message - PrimoPDF is having no problem with that font. The second competing program did not work at all (possibly as a result of my selecting insufficient setup components during the installation process). In short, PrimoPDF has produced the best results by far of the three applications I tested on Windows 98!

user Review by: reviewerx
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  • Aug 10, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Best pdf converter for publisher files  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I have used PrimoPDF for over a year now and still find it far better than its rivals. It is particularly good in converting Publisher files without changing the text layout that many other pdf generators do. The only disappointing factor is a request to register details appears after every 30 or so prints.

user Review by: Cameron
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  • Jun 29, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Jurycom  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

This is a really wonderful program. Easy install. Easy use. Beats everything else I've tried including Adobe Acrobat because it is 10 times faster. With Adobe, you have to wait for the program to load. With PRIMO it is already loaded, apparently as a printer driver, and BAM you have your pdf to save. Wonderful. Thanks to SnapFiles for bringing this to the world.

user Review by: JURYCOM (25)
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  • May 27, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Free + easy = cool!  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 2
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Well worth the 10MB download. Installed easily and worked right out of the box. Printed this "review" web page, and the quality was great. Some of the graphics in the PDF were not quite identical to the original, but this is a very minor thing. One suggestion: It would be nice that an output filename be suggested, rather than the field always be blank. Perhaps the documents file title (where available) can be used (with the PDF ext).

user Review by: TimHutzler
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  • May 24, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Excelent and free  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

To quote someone else: Even better than the real thing.

user Review by: Sabonis
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  • Mar 07, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Unable to save excel workbooks as one doc  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 3

This program worked well for me, for a while, but now it will not print an Excel workbook into one PDF file. If I have two worksheets and I select "Print entire workbook" it "prints" then opens up the print window again, splitting into two docs. I'll try to reinstall it.

user Review by: waterise
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  • Jan 31, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Does nice work compared to others!  quote

  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

Installs simple, works OK. Quality of PDF is better than other free PDF-makers: pdf is nearly identical to source. Yet rarely a character is cut off (i.e. in Excel-docs). NB: PrimoPDF ask you for registration after 3 or 4 uses.

user Review by: HennieJ
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  • Jan 13, 2005
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Nice but output not as optimized as cutepdf  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 4
  • Overall: 4

I downloaded this and CutePDF Writer. Using comparable quality settings Primo created PDF files that were quite a bit larger than those created by CutePDF Writer. But overall, if you don't mind the increased file size, it is a very good program.

user Review by: JediSB (7)
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  • Dec 30, 2004
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Well it's free...  quote

  • Interface: 2
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 2
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 3

This programs strengths are that it's free and it does what it says. The only problem is its very limited in features in terms of sixing the output and accessing that is a bit trick in terms of user interface. I think the program could use some kind of front-end for users, but again, it IS free.

user Review by: NikitahImani (11)
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  • Dec 04, 2004
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Excellent pdf converter  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Highly recommended. Of 4 PDF converters I looked at, this is the only one I found that could properly render checkboxes in a PDF form - which Acrobat Reader won't save. Easy to use: just print to it. The file save dialog isn't the Windows standard file dialog and takes a bit of getting used to, but it works fine.

user Review by: Warren
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  • Aug 05, 2004
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  The best ...  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

If you are looking for a free PDF Printer this is the best out there. Thanks to the makers of Primo for a free PDF printer with no annoying watermarks and (I'll say it again) it's free!

user Review by: TeXMeX (27)
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  • Jul 27, 2004
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Tried the all. this one's the best  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've tried a lot of free PDF virtual printers and I find this one worth my while. Thank you to the makers of PrimoPDF!

user Review by: Sys_Analyst (10)
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  • Jul 14, 2004
  • For version:
  • 1.0

quote  Best free pdf creator  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 4
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Best free PDF creator, no need to download anything else, no watermarks or ads, optional page size and print quality, and did I say it was free...only thing it cannot do is import pages from other PDFs.

user Review by: sctech
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